add-on
\a.dɔn\
The verdict
“add-on” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extension (programme).
Corpus desk
Index FR-add-on · add-on · French
add-on · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | add-on |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.dɔn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « add-on » en français
Rare enough to double-check
add-on is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.dɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extension (programme).".
Zero misspellings are on record for add-on in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is add-on, spelled A-D-D---O-N.
Definition
- 1Extension (programme).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how add-on appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La prochaine version du navigateur devrait considérablement améliorer la gestion de la mémoire, principalement au niveau des pertes engendrées par les add-ons.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.