Allobroges
\a.lɔ.bʁɔʒ\
The verdict
“Allobroges” is uncommon French (frequency #76,297 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,297
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple de l’ancienne Gaule, occupant les actuels Dauphiné et Savoie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allobroges · Allobroges · French
Allobroges · rank #76,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,297
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH allongea
Nearest frequency peer: allongea (+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 « Allobroges »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alambiquée
alambiquée
23,707 corpus weight
- alarmée
alarmée
23,706 corpus weight
- Allobroges
Allobroges
23,704 corpus weight
- allongea
allongea
23,703 corpus weight
- alou
alou
23,702 corpus weight
- Alya
Alya
23,701 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Allobroges » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Allobroges |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.lɔ.bʁɔʒ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Allobroges » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Allobroges is uncommon French at frequency #76,297 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.lɔ.bʁɔʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peuple de l’ancienne Gaule, occupant les actuels Dauphiné et Savoie.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Allobroges in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Allobroges, spelled A-L-L-O-B-R-O-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Peuple de l’ancienne Gaule, occupant les actuels Dauphiné et Savoie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Allobroges appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le territoire des Allobroges s'étendait sur la plus grande partie des pays qui seront nommés plus tard la Sapaudia (le « pays des sapins » qui deviendra la Savoie) et au nord de l'Isère.
Vienne fut l’un des centres des Allobroges, peuplades gauloises rebelles. Soumise par Rome, elle devint l’une de ses plus importantes colonies.
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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