A4
The verdict
“A4” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,920) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,920
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Format de papier de 210 mm × 297 mm.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a4 · A4 · French
A4 · rank #18,920 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,920
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH AAA
Nearest frequency peer: AAA (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “A4”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- éligible
éligible
81,085 corpus weight
- émergents
émergents
81,083 corpus weight
- A4
A4
81,081 corpus weight
- AAA
AAA
81,080 corpus weight
- AAH
AAH
81,079 corpus weight
- accomplit
accomplit
81,078 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “A4” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | A4 |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Symbol |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #18,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “A4” se place dans la fréquence du français
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for A4 is neighbouring look-alikes ("au", "As", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #18,920 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Gloss: "Format de papier de 210 mm × 297 mm.".
A4 has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "As", "an", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is A4, spelled A-4.
Definition
- 1Format de papier de 210 mm × 297 mm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how A4 appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je suis assis à ma table en pin à lorgner … vers le télécopieur qui s'est mis depuis quelques secondes à me tirer la langue en format A4.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- "A4" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "au". View pair
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.