alligators
\a.li.ɡa.tɔʁ\
The verdict
“alligators” is uncommon French (frequency #57,737 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,737
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de alligator.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alligators · alligators · French
alligators · rank #57,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,737
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alb
Nearest frequency peer: alb (-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 « alligators »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- aiderais
aiderais
42,267 corpus weight
- aiguisée
aiguisée
42,266 corpus weight
- alb
alb
42,265 corpus weight
- alligators
alligators
42,264 corpus weight
- alourdi
alourdi
42,263 corpus weight
- amarante
amarante
42,262 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alligators » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alligators |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.li.ɡa.tɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alligators » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alligators is uncommon French at frequency #57,737 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.li.ɡa.tɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de alligator.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for alligators in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is alligators, spelled A-L-L-I-G-A-T-O-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de alligator.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alligators appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il reconnut ces féroces alligators particuliers à l’Amérique, et nommés caïmans dans les pays espagnols.
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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