Agassiz
\a.ɡa.si\
The verdict
“Agassiz” is uncommon French (frequency #64,909 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,909
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-agassiz · Agassiz · French
Agassiz · rank #64,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,909
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH afterwork
Nearest frequency peer: afterwork (-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 « Agassiz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ACOSS
ACOSS
35,095 corpus weight
- acéré
acéré
35,094 corpus weight
- afterwork
afterwork
35,093 corpus weight
- Agassiz
Agassiz
35,092 corpus weight
- agnel
agnel
35,091 corpus weight
- agricultures
agricultures
35,090 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Agassiz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Agassiz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.ɡa.si\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Agassiz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Agassiz is uncommon French at frequency #64,909 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ɡa.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Agassiz, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Agassiz, spelled A-G-A-S-S-I-Z.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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