allochtone
\a.lɔk.tɔn\
The verdict
“allochtone” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’origine étrangère, en parlant d’une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-allochtone · allochtone · French
allochtone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | allochtone |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.lɔk.tɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
allochtone is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.lɔk.tɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for allochtone in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is allochtone, spelled A-L-L-O-C-H-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1D’origine étrangère, en parlant d’une personne.
- 2Se dit des terrains qui ont été charriés et qui en recouvrent d’autres pouvant être plus récents et dits autochtones.
- 3Se dit des espèces d’origine étrangère au biome local, introduites volontairement ou accidentellement par l’être humain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allochtone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant, on se voyait décrocher en tant que Flamand du « flamin » ou du « flamouche », mais ce sobriquet a tendance à disparaître ou est, du moins, temporairement rangé aux oubliettes. Maintenant, les autochtones néerlandophones sont baptisés à l'école de « flappies » par leurs camarades allochtones.
Pour la construction des stades en vue de la coupe du monde 2011 le Quatar verse 56 eurocents de l’heure aux ouvriers allochtones ; des améliorations ont été promises en février 2015.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.