aînesse

\ɛ.nɛs\

/\ɛ.nɛs\/ noun

The verdict

“aînesse” is uncommon French (frequency #84,542 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,542
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Priorité d’âge entre frères et sœurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ainesse · aînesse · French

aînesse · rank #84,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,542
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH babtous

Nearest frequency peer: babtous (+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 « aînesse »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aînesse
PropertyValue
Headwordaînesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ.nɛs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aînesse » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aînessetombe 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: « babtous » (#84,543), « Avesnois » (#84,540), « baccalauréats » (#84,544). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aînesse » est au #84,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aînesse is uncommon French at frequency #84,542 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.nɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Priorité d’âge entre frères et sœurs.".

Zero misspellings are on record for aînesse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aînesse, spelled A-Î-N-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Priorité d’âge entre frères et sœurs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ésaü vendit son droit d’aînesse à Jacob pour un plat de lentilles.
  2. Divers passages de la Genèse, premier livre du Pentateuque, constatent l’existence du droit d’aînesse chez les Hébreux à l’époque des Patriarches.

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 "aînesse"?
"aînesse" is spelled A-Î-N-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.nɛs\.
What does "aînesse" mean?
As a noun, "aînesse" means: Priorité d’âge entre frères et sœurs.
How do you pronounce "aînesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aînesse" is \ɛ.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aînesse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aînesse", 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