abyssal
\a.bi.sal\
The verdict
“abyssal” is uncommon French (frequency #52,455 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,455
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux abysses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abyssal · abyssal · French
abyssal · rank #52,455 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,455
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH abram
Nearest frequency peer: abram (-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 « abyssal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- abdominal
abdominal
47,549 corpus weight
- aberrante
aberrante
47,548 corpus weight
- abram
abram
47,547 corpus weight
- abyssal
abyssal
47,546 corpus weight
- accompagnem…
accompagnements
47,545 corpus weight
- accrochait
accrochait
47,544 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abyssal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abyssal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.bi.sal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abyssal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abyssal is uncommon French at frequency #52,455 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.bi.sal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abyssal, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is abyssal, spelled A-B-Y-S-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux abysses.
- 2Qui est profond comme les abysses.
- 3Insondable, sans fond.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abyssal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La faune abyssale inclut des représentants de presque tous les embranchements d'animaux marins, mais de nombreuses espèces se sont adaptées à la vie abyssale.
Ne perdons pas de nos forces à vouloir déraciner ce dont l’inextirpabilité est assurée par des des racines si profondes qu'elles doivent chatouiller les plus abyssales entrailles du globe.
Synonyms
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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