adossés
\a.do.se\
The verdict
“adossés” is uncommon French (frequency #51,251 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,251
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de adossé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-adosses · adossés · French
adossés · rank #51,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,251
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH admiratrice
Nearest frequency peer: admiratrice (-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 « adossés »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- acérées
acérées
48,753 corpus weight
- Adjani
Adjani
48,752 corpus weight
- admiratrice
admiratrice
48,751 corpus weight
- adossés
adossés
48,750 corpus weight
- affranchie
affranchie
48,749 corpus weight
- agrippe
agrippe
48,748 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adossés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adossés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.do.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « adossés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
adossés is uncommon French at frequency #51,251 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.do.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
adossés has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is adossés, spelled A-D-O-S-S-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de adossé.
- 2Se dit de deux éléments d’armoiries (pièces ou meubles), comme deux lions, deux poissons, lorsqu’ils sont mis dos à dos. S’emploie toujours au pluriel dans ce sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adossés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bref, selon Wall Street, Dylan est une valeur sûre pour lancer des titres adossés à des actifs.
Cimier : un vol adossé par les pennes, au blason de l’écu.
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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