Alphonsine
\al.fɔ̃.sin\
The verdict
“Alphonsine” is uncommon French (frequency #95,525 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,525
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alphonsine · Alphonsine · French
Alphonsine · rank #95,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,525
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alon
Nearest frequency peer: alon (-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 « Alphonsine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alignera
alignera
4,480 corpus weight
- aliénations
aliénations
4,479 corpus weight
- alon
alon
4,477 corpus weight
- Alphonsine
Alphonsine
4,476 corpus weight
- Altona
Altona
4,475 corpus weight
- amide
amide
4,472 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Alphonsine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alphonsine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \al.fɔ̃.sin\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #95,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Alphonsine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Alphonsine is uncommon French at frequency #95,525 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \al.fɔ̃.sin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Alphonsine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Alphonsine, spelled A-L-P-H-O-N-S-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alphonsine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
People avant l’heure, célébrité romantique, partie de rien et emportée tôt, belle à en mourir (en duel ou de jalousie), Alphonsine était devenue la coqueluche de la vie parisienne : ironie du sort, c’est toutefois la phtisie qui eut raison d’elle.
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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