ake
\a.ke\
The verdict
“ake” is uncommon French (frequency #86,391 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,391
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Terme générique pour désigner les organes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ake |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ke\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #86,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ake” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ake is uncommon French at frequency #86,391 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ake, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 ake, spelled A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Terme générique pour désigner les organes.
- 2Foie.
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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Using “ake”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-K-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ke\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.