aiguise

\ɛ.ɡiz\

/\ɛ.ɡiz\/ verb

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The verdict

“aiguise” is uncommon French (frequency #51,255 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,255
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe aiguiser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aiguise · aiguise · French

aiguise · rank #51,255 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,255
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH airain

Nearest frequency peer: airain (+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 « aiguise »

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 « aiguise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aiguise
PropertyValue
Headwordaiguise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ.ɡiz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,255
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aiguise » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « airain » (#51,256), « agrippe » (#51,253), « affranchie » (#51,252). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aiguise » est au #51,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aiguise is uncommon French at frequency #51,255 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ.ɡiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for aiguise in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aiguise, spelled A-I-G-U-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe aiguiser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe aiguiser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe aiguiser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe aiguiser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe aiguiser.

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 "aiguise"?
"aiguise" is spelled A-I-G-U-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ɡiz\.
What does "aiguise" mean?
As a verb, "aiguise" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe aiguiser.
How do you pronounce "aiguise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aiguise" is \ɛ.ɡiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aiguise" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

agrippe#51,253adossés#51,251allumes#51,260acérées#51,248

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list