Algonquins
The verdict
“Algonquins” is uncommon French (frequency #74,535 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,535
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple amérindien de l’est du Canada, de la grande famille des Algonquiens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-algonquins · Algonquins · French
Algonquins · rank #74,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,535
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aler
Nearest frequency peer: aler (-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.
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What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Algonquins » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Algonquins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Algonquins » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Algonquins is uncommon French at frequency #74,535 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peuple amérindien de l’est du Canada, de la grande famille des Algonquiens.".
Algonquins doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Algonquins, spelled A-L-G-O-N-Q-U-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Peuple amérindien de l’est du Canada, de la grande famille des Algonquiens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Algonquins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce petit peuple menace la paix de la colonie, car il a déclaré la guerre aux Algonquins et il songe à s'allier aux Hollandais pour faire la traite des fourrures... — (Jacques Lacoursière, Histoire populaire du Québec, vol. 1, « Des origines à 1791 », 2013, p. 189.)
Les Algonquins étaient une nation, qui vivait le long de l'Outaouais et appartenait à la famille algonkienne, dite aussi famille algique.
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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