abstractions
\ap.stʁak.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“abstractions” is uncommon French (frequency #59,763 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,763
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de abstraction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abstractions · abstractions · French
abstractions · rank #59,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,763
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH absous
Nearest frequency peer: absous (-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 « abstractions »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- acidose
acidose
40,236 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abstractions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abstractions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ap.stʁak.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,763 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abstractions » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abstractions is uncommon French at frequency #59,763 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ap.stʁak.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de abstraction.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for abstractions in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is abstractions, spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de abstraction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abstractions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est à cause de cette spontanéité qu’il peut, comme nous avons vu dans l’analyse de la conscience propre, se distinguer en soi et se replier sur soi-même dans sa conscience et sa réflexion intérieure; et c’est par ce caractère de spontanéité qu’il peut, pour ainsi dire, tout spontanéiser, concevoir tout en distinction et en séparation, analyser tout en s…
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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