Achilles
\ə.ˈkɪl.iz\
The verdict
“Achilles” is uncommon French (frequency #93,450 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,450
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Achille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-achilles · Achilles · French
Achilles · rank #93,450 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,450
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH achevèrent
Nearest frequency peer: achevèrent (-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 « Achilles »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- accuseront
accuseront
6,554 corpus weight
- achalandée
achalandée
6,553 corpus weight
- achevèrent
achevèrent
6,552 corpus weight
- Achilles
Achilles
6,551 corpus weight
- achèteraient
achèteraient
6,550 corpus weight
- acquêts
acquêts
6,549 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Achilles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Achilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ə.ˈkɪl.iz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Achilles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Achilles is uncommon French at frequency #93,450 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ə.ˈkɪl.iz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Achille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Achilles in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Achilles, spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Achille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Achilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Achilles was the son of the nymph Thetis and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons.
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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