adj
The verdict
“adj” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,628 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,628
- frequency rank, French
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Adjectif.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adj |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \adʒ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #41,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adj” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for adj is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \adʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,628 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Adjectif.".
No misspelling variants are generated for adj in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "au", "As", "an", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is adj, spelled A-D-J, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Adjectif.
Frequency rank: #41,628 in French
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Using “adj”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-D-J — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \adʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “au” — see the side-by-side comparison. adj vs au
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our French index: