aloe

noun

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The verdict

“aloe” is uncommon French (frequency #51,868 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,868
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alouette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aloe · aloe · French

aloe · rank #51,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,868
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alor

Nearest frequency peer: alor (+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 « aloe »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aloe
PropertyValue
Headwordaloe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,868
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aloe » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aloetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « alor » (#51,869), « Algérois » (#51,866), « alumine » (#51,870). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aloe » est au #51,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aloe is uncommon French at frequency #51,868 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alouette.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aloe, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aloe, spelled A-L-O-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alouette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how aloe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quant l’aloe prist a chanter

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 "aloe"?
"aloe" is spelled A-L-O-E.
What does "aloe" mean?
As a noun, "aloe" means: Alouette.
What language does "aloe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alor#51,869abed#51,842ôtez#51,839xing#51,825

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list