ability
\əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti\
The verdict
“ability” is uncommon French (frequency #95,500 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,500
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capacité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ability · ability · French
ability · rank #95,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,500
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aboyait
Nearest frequency peer: aboyait (+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 « ability »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- éviterons
éviterons
4,505 corpus weight
- ability
ability
4,501 corpus weight
- aboyait
aboyait
4,500 corpus weight
- abricotier
abricotier
4,499 corpus weight
- Abruzzi
Abruzzi
4,498 corpus weight
- absorba
absorba
4,497 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ability » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ability |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ability » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ability is uncommon French at frequency #95,500 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capacité.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ability, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ability, spelled A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Capacité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Richard has the abillity to succeed
The ability to analyze real-world data is one of the most sought-after skills in the 21st century.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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