Aarhus
\ɔ.ʁus\
The verdict
“Aarhus” is uncommon French (frequency #72,038 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,038
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville danoise du Jutland.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aarhus · Aarhus · French
Aarhus · rank #72,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,038
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH évaluateur
Nearest frequency peer: évaluateur (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Aarhus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- équinoxes
équinoxes
27,966 corpus weight
- éthiquement
éthiquement
27,965 corpus weight
- évaluateur
évaluateur
27,964 corpus weight
- Aarhus
Aarhus
27,963 corpus weight
- Abydos
Abydos
27,962 corpus weight
- académisme
académisme
27,961 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Aarhus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aarhus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.ʁus\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Aarhus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Aarhus is uncommon French at frequency #72,038 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɔ.ʁus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune et ville danoise du Jutland.".
Aarhus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Aarhus, spelled A-A-R-H-U-S.
Definition
- 1Commune et ville danoise du Jutland.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aarhus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant à son parricide, il l’avait oublié. Il mourut. On le mit dans un cercueil de pierre ; et l’évêque d’Aarhus vint dire une prière, et chanter sur sa tombe un hymne, déclarant que Kanut était saint, que Kanut était grand, qu’un céleste parfum sortait de sa mémoire, et qu’ils le voyaient, eux, les prêtres, dans la gloire, assis comme un prophète à la dr…
De grosses frayeurs dans un parc d’attractions en Suède : ce n’est pas une activité de saison pour Halloween, mais le programme d’une expérience menée par l’institut de recherche sur la peur récréative de l’université d’Aarhus au Danemark.
This word in other languages
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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