actors
\atˈtus\
The verdict
“actors” is uncommon French (frequency #74,522 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,522
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de actor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | actors |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \atˈtus\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “actors” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
actors is uncommon French at frequency #74,522 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \atˈtus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de actor.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for actors in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is actors, spelled A-C-T-O-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de actor.
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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Using “actors”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-C-T-O-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \atˈtus\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.