alin
[aˈli]
The verdict
“alin” is uncommon French (frequency #87,309 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,309
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans le lointain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alin · alin · French
alin · rank #87,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,309
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH allergologue
Nearest frequency peer: allergologue (+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 « alin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- affûtée
affûtée
12,695 corpus weight
- alin
alin
12,692 corpus weight
- allergologue
allergologue
12,691 corpus weight
- almamy
almamy
12,690 corpus weight
- Alphée
Alphée
12,689 corpus weight
- although
although
12,688 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [aˈli] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,309 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alin is uncommon French at frequency #87,309 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [aˈli]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans le lointain.".
Zero misspellings are on record for alin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is alin, spelled A-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Dans le lointain.
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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