aïeule
\a.jœl\
The verdict
“aïeule” is uncommon French (frequency #71,265 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,265
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand-mère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aieule · aïeule · French
aïeule · rank #71,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,265
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH avit
Nearest frequency peer: avit (-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 « aïeule »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- avertisseurs
avertisseurs
28,738 corpus weight
- avit
avit
28,737 corpus weight
- aïeule
aïeule
28,736 corpus weight
- Baader
Baader
28,735 corpus weight
- bacillus
bacillus
28,734 corpus weight
- baggy
baggy
28,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aïeule » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aïeule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.jœl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aïeule » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aïeule is uncommon French at frequency #71,265 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.jœl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand-mère.".
aïeule doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is aïeule, spelled A-Ï-E-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Grand-mère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aïeule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne bouge donc point, je me rensommeille, seulement voilà les crac-crac qui recommencent dans la souillarde, je veux me réveiller, j’arrive point à me réveiller et une voix tout-doux-tout-doux, mais mais si claire que je reconnais feu mon aïeule, donc une voix me fait : « Eustolia, où tu habites, à présent, Eustolia ? Déménage, ma fille, à Sosnovka. »
Ô femmes ! aujourd’hui que je suis vieille et seule, Que l’angoisse a brisé mon cœur, courbé mon dos, Je ne verrai jamais la moelle de mes os, Mes petits-fils sourire à leur mourante aïeule !
This word in other languages
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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