ville sainte
\vil sɛ̃t\
The verdict
“ville sainte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toute ville considérée en son ensemble comme un lieu saint, ayant une valeur symbolique pour une certaine religion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ville-sainte · ville sainte · French
ville sainte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ville sainte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \vil sɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ville sainte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vil sɛ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ville sainte, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ville sainte, spelled V-I-L-L-E- -S-A-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Toute ville considérée en son ensemble comme un lieu saint, ayant une valeur symbolique pour une certaine religion.
- 2Ville de Jérusalem, en Palestine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ville sainte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelque 60 000 personnes sont autorisées à effectuer les prières quotidiennes dans la Grande Mosquée de la Mecque, première ville sainte de l’islam.
C’est vrai, […]; mais, lorsque ceux-là qui ont juré de rétablir la ville sainte sont rencontrés voyageant si loin du théâtre de leur devoir, comment vous étonner qu’un simple paysan comme moi renonce à la tâche qu’ils ont abandonnée.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.