Alexandrin

\a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\

/\a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“Alexandrin” is uncommon French (frequency #62,031 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,031
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitant d’Alexandrie, ville d'Égypte ^([1]).

Corpus desk

Index FR-alexandrin · Alexandrin · French

Alexandrin · rank #62,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,031
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alaouites

Nearest frequency peer: alaouites (-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 « Alexandrin »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alexandrin
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlexandrin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Alexandrin » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Alexandrintombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « alaouites » (#62,030), « alg » (#62,032), « ajustent » (#62,029). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Alexandrin » est au #62,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alexandrin is uncommon French at frequency #62,031 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Alexandrin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Alexandrin, spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Habitant d’Alexandrie, ville d'Égypte ^([1]).
  2. 2
    Habitant de Saint-Alexandre, municipalité québécoise de la région de la Montérégie ^([2]).
  3. 3
    Habitant de Saint-Alexandre, ancienne municipalité de village québécoise de la région de la Montérégie ^([2]).
  4. 4
    Habitant de Saint-Alexandre, ancienne municipalité de paroisse québécoise de la région de la Montérégie ^([2]).
  5. 5
    Habitant de Saint-Alexandre, ancienne municipalité de paroisse québécoise de la région du Bas-Saint-Laurent ^([2]).
  6. 6
    Habitant de Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, municipalité québécoise ^([2]).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si tu savais combien sont jolies ces Alexandrines, et avec quelle hardiesse elles s’habillent et se parent.

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 "Alexandrin"?
"Alexandrin" is spelled A-L-E-X-A-N-D-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\.
What does "Alexandrin" mean?
As a noun, "Alexandrin" means: Habitant d’Alexandrie, ville d'Égypte ^([1]).
How do you pronounce "Alexandrin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alexandrin" is \a.lɛk.sɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list