Aigoual

\ɛ.ɡwal\

/\ɛ.ɡwal\/ name

The verdict

“Aigoual” is uncommon French (frequency #73,690 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,690
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sommet du sud du Massif central, à la limite entre le Gard et la Lozère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aigoual · Aigoual · French

Aigoual · rank #73,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,690
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH aicha

Nearest frequency peer: aicha (-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 « Aigoual »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Aigoual » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Aigoual
PropertyValue
HeadwordAigoual
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɛ.ɡwal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,690
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Aigoual » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Aigoualtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « aicha » (#73,689), « aimanté » (#73,691), « aguerrie » (#73,688). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Aigoual » est au #73,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Aigoual is uncommon French at frequency #73,690 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛ.ɡwal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sommet du sud du Massif central, à la limite entre le Gard et la Lozère.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Aigoual in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Aigoual, spelled A-I-G-O-U-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sommet du sud du Massif central, à la limite entre le Gard et la Lozère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Aigoual appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les agroécosystèmes ainsi construits paraissent dynamiquement stables et reproductibles au point que l'on pourrait parler d'un « climax anthropique » ou « anthropoclimax ». Et, après tout, c'est ce que nous avons créé, à notre manière, de toutes pièces, dans les Landes ou l’Aigoual ou, moins brutalement, dans la plupart de nos massifs forestiers.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Aigoual"?
"Aigoual" is spelled A-I-G-O-U-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ɡwal\.
What does "Aigoual" mean?
As a proper noun, "Aigoual" means: Sommet du sud du Massif central, à la limite entre le Gard et la Lozère.
How do you pronounce "Aigoual"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aigoual" is \ɛ.ɡwal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aigoual" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Aigoual", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list