aloi

\a.lwa\

/\a.lwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“aloi” is uncommon French (frequency #50,630 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,630
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titre que l’or et l’argent doivent avoir selon les lois et les règlements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aloi · aloi · French

aloi · rank #50,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,630
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH allumant

Nearest frequency peer: allumant (-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 « aloi »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aloi
PropertyValue
Headwordaloi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.lwa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,630
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aloi » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.aloitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « allumant » (#50,629), « Aminata » (#50,631), « allgemeine » (#50,628). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aloi » est au #50,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aloi is uncommon French at frequency #50,630 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.lwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for aloi in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aloi, spelled A-L-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titre que l’or et l’argent doivent avoir selon les lois et les règlements.
  2. 2
    Qualité requise par les règlements ou qui est attribuée par le vendeur, en parlant de marchandises.
  3. 3
    Considération dont jouit une personne ou ses actions.
  4. 4
    Qualité reconnue à une œuvre de l'esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a deux sortes de tangas, sçavoir un de bon aloi, & l'autre de mauvais aloi, étant très-commun aux Indes de compter par Monnoies de mauvais & de bon aloi, ensorte que si l'on donne quatre tangas de bon aloi pour un pardao xéraphin, il en faut cinq quand on estime le pardao en tangas de mauvais aloi : le tanga de bon aloi est d'un cinquiéme plus fort q…
  2. Ces monnaies dʼargent de bon aloi se caractérisent aussi par lʼemploi de la métrologie du shekel, nouvelle pour ce métal à Carthage, puisque lʼon se souvient que les tétradrachmes antérieurs émis en Sicile avaient été frappés selon lʼétalon attique.

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 "aloi"?
"aloi" is spelled A-L-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is \a.lwa\.
What does "aloi" mean?
As a noun, "aloi" means: Titre que l’or et l’argent doivent avoir selon les lois et les règlements.
How do you pronounce "aloi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aloi" is \a.lwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aloi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list