algonquin
\al.ɡɔ̃.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“algonquin” is uncommon French (frequency #68,026 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,026
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue des Algonquins, un peuple autochtone proche des Ojibwés. Son code ISO 639-3 est alq.
Corpus desk
Index FR-algonquin · algonquin · French
algonquin · rank #68,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,026
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Alessio
Nearest frequency peer: Alessio (-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 « algonquin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Alcibiade
Alcibiade
31,977 corpus weight
- Alessio
Alessio
31,976 corpus weight
- algonquin
algonquin
31,975 corpus weight
- alii
alii
31,974 corpus weight
- allergène
allergène
31,973 corpus weight
- amani
amani
31,972 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « algonquin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | algonquin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.ɡɔ̃.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « algonquin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
algonquin is uncommon French at frequency #68,026 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.ɡɔ̃.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langue des Algonquins, un peuple autochtone proche des Ojibwés. Son code ISO 639-3 est alq.".
Zero misspellings are on record for algonquin in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is algonquin, spelled A-L-G-O-N-Q-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Langue des Algonquins, un peuple autochtone proche des Ojibwés. Son code ISO 639-3 est alq.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how algonquin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’algonquin est classé comme dialecte ojibwé, une des langues de la famille algonquienne. Comme les dialectes ojibwés sont voisins, il n’est pas possible de tracer une frontière linguistique exacte entre les dialectes ojibwé et algonquin.
Cette traduction est la première Bible publiée en Amérique du Nord et l’algonquin, la vingt-deuxième langue à posséder une traduction complète de la Bible.
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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