aïoli
\a.jɔ.li\
The verdict
“aïoli” is uncommon French (frequency #85,492 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,492
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sauce d’accompagnement à base d’ail et d’huile d’olive.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aioli · aïoli · French
aïoli · rank #85,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,492
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH avortent
Nearest frequency peer: avortent (-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 « aïoli »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Auvray
Auvray
14,511 corpus weight
- avortent
avortent
14,510 corpus weight
- aïoli
aïoli
14,509 corpus weight
- baladeuses
baladeuses
14,508 corpus weight
- Bama
Bama
14,507 corpus weight
- banat
banat
14,506 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aïoli » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aïoli |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.jɔ.li\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aïoli » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aïoli is uncommon French at frequency #85,492 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.jɔ.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for aïoli in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aïoli, spelled A-Ï-O-L-I.
Definition
- 1Sauce d’accompagnement à base d’ail et d’huile d’olive.
- 2Mayonnaise à l’ail.
- 3Mets provençal composé de morceaux de morue dessalée entourée de légumes, pommes de terre, carottes, haricots verts et choux-fleurs, œuf dur et de quelques escargots ou des bulots, cuits à l’eau bouillante. Le tout accompagné de l’aillée, une sauce à base d’huile d’olive et d’ail pilé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aïoli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au milieu, Claudine est assise. C’est une belle commère de trente-cinq ans. Elle a une belle robe verte, par-dessus laquelle elle a mis un tablier. Et tout en parlant avec sa sœur elle tourne vigoureusement l’aïoli dans un mortier qu’elle serre entre ses genoux.
Pour préparer le grand aïoli, les légumes peuvent être complétés par des petits artichauts violets, une betterave rouge, des pois chiches (ou des haricots secs), des champignons de Paris et des olives noires.
Synonyms
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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