absous
\ap.su\
The verdict
“absous” is uncommon French (frequency #59,762 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,762
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est acquitté, pardonné, ou excusé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-absous · absous · French
absous · rank #59,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,762
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH absoudre
Nearest frequency peer: absoudre (-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 « absous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- abhorre
abhorre
40,242 corpus weight
- aboutis
aboutis
40,241 corpus weight
- absoudre
absoudre
40,240 corpus weight
- absous
absous
40,239 corpus weight
- abstractions
abstractions
40,238 corpus weight
- accolés
accolés
40,237 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « absous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ap.su\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « absous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
absous is uncommon French at frequency #59,762 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ap.su\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est acquitté, pardonné, ou excusé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for absous, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is absous, spelled A-B-S-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Qui est acquitté, pardonné, ou excusé.
Antonyms
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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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