alde
\ald\
The verdict
“alde” is uncommon French (frequency #53,749 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,749
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Livre imprimé par Alde Manuce ou ses descendants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alde · alde · French
alde · rank #53,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,749
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alcoolisés
Nearest frequency peer: alcoolisés (-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 « alde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- aimions
aimions
46,255 corpus weight
- aircraft
aircraft
46,254 corpus weight
- alcoolisés
alcoolisés
46,253 corpus weight
- alde
alde
46,252 corpus weight
- alessandrini
alessandrini
46,251 corpus weight
- alimentait
alimentait
46,250 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ald\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alde is uncommon French at frequency #53,749 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ald\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for alde in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is alde, spelled A-L-D-E.
Definition
- 1Livre imprimé par Alde Manuce ou ses descendants.
- 2Livre précieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— C’étoit, s’il m’en souvient, l’ombre de Purgold dont les funestes ciseaux mordoient d’un pouce et demi sur les marges de mes aldes brochés, tandis que celle d’Heudier plongeoit impitoyablement dans un acide dévorant mon plus beau volume d’édition princeps, et l’en retiroit tout blanc ; mais j’ai de bonnes raisons de penser qu’ils sont au moins en purgat…
Enfin, il est à lui, le livre, Cet alde rare et précieux.
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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