Ayotte
"ayotte" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ayotte” is uncommon English (frequency #88,078 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,078
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ayotte · Ayotte · English
Ayotte · rank #88,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,078
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH azide
Nearest frequency peer: azide (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Ayotte”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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aten
11,929 corpus weight
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audiotape
11,928 corpus weight
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auroral
11,927 corpus weight
- Australopit…
Australopithecus
11,926 corpus weight
- Ayotte
Ayotte
11,923 corpus weight
- azide
azide
11,921 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ayotte” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ayotte |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ayotte” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ayotte is uncommon English at frequency #88,078 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from French.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ayotte, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Altered form of French Hayot. The correct English form is Ayotte, spelled A-Y-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from French.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ayotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legis…
Republican former Sen. Kelly Ayotte will win the New Hampshire governor’s race, CNN projects, completing a political comeback eight years after she lost her Senate seat.
Etymology
Altered form of French Hayot.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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