Achéron
\a.ke.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“Achéron” is uncommon French (frequency #97,619 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,619
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fleuve des Enfers grecs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acheron · Achéron · French
Achéron · rank #97,619 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,619
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH accusèrent
Nearest frequency peer: accusèrent (-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 « Achéron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- accusatoire
accusatoire
2,385 corpus weight
- accusatrices
accusatrices
2,384 corpus weight
- accusèrent
accusèrent
2,383 corpus weight
- Achéron
Achéron
2,382 corpus weight
- actuariat
actuariat
2,381 corpus weight
- adaptive
adaptive
2,380 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Achéron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Achéron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.ke.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,619 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Achéron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Achéron is uncommon French at frequency #97,619 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ke.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Achéron in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Achéron, spelled A-C-H-É-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fleuve des Enfers grecs.
- 2L’enfer ; la mort.
- 3Dans l’univers fictif de Conan, créé par Robert E. Howard, le royaume disparu d’Achéron correspond à l’Empire romain. Son territoire couvrait l’Aquilonie, la Némédie et Argos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Achéron appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la deuxième partie sont tous les coupables, qui s’empressent de passer le fleuve Achéron dans la barque du nautonier des Enfers.
En bas, ce n’était plus le Lot qui coulait, mais le fleuve des Enfers, l’Achéron.
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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