Absalom

\ab.sa.lɔm\

/\ab.sa.lɔm\/ name

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The verdict

“Absalom” is uncommon French (frequency #89,350 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,350
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fils du roi David.

Corpus desk

Index FR-absalom · Absalom · French

Absalom · rank #89,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,350
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrogés

Nearest frequency peer: abrogés (-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 « Absalom »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Absalom » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Absalom
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbsalom
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ab.sa.lɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Absalom » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Absalomtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « abrogés » (#89,349), « accaparés » (#89,351), « abreuvés » (#89,348). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Absalom » est au #89,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Absalom is uncommon French at frequency #89,350 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ab.sa.lɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fils du roi David.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Absalom, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Absalom, spelled A-B-S-A-L-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fils du roi David.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Absalom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Absalom, son frère, lui dit : Amnon, ton frère, a-t-il été avec toi ?

This word in other languages

Absalom(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Absalom"?
"Absalom" is spelled A-B-S-A-L-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ab.sa.lɔm\.
What does "Absalom" mean?
As a proper noun, "Absalom" means: Fils du roi David.
How do you pronounce "Absalom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Absalom" is \ab.sa.lɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Absalom", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abrogés#89,349abbadie#89,347ajourés#89,362Alessia#89,363

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list