align

\əˈlaɪn\

/\əˈlaɪn\/ verb

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The verdict

“align” is uncommon French (frequency #64,224 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,224
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S'allier à.

Corpus desk

Index FR-align · align · French

align · rank #64,224 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,224
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aldrin

Nearest frequency peer: Aldrin (-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 « align »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for align
PropertyValue
Headwordalign
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\əˈlaɪn\
Letters5
Frequency rank#64,224
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « align » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).aligntombe 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: « Aldrin » (#64,223), « altos » (#64,225), « Aldous » (#64,222). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « align » est au #64,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

align is uncommon French at frequency #64,224 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \əˈlaɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for align, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is align, spelled A-L-I-G-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    S'allier à.
  2. 2
    Aligner.

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 "align"?
"align" is spelled A-L-I-G-N. The IPA pronunciation is \əˈlaɪn\.
What does "align" mean?
As a verb, "align" means: S'allier à.
How do you pronounce "align"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "align" is \əˈlaɪn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "align" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

altos#64,225amann#64,226andry#64,231Asahi#64,237

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list