alpina
\alˈpi.na\
The verdict
“alpina” is uncommon French (frequency #60,528 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,528
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de alpino.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alpina · alpina · French
alpina · rank #60,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,528
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alphabets
Nearest frequency peer: alphabets (-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 « alpina »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- allumeuse
allumeuse
39,476 corpus weight
- alphabets
alphabets
39,474 corpus weight
- alpina
alpina
39,473 corpus weight
- altermondia…
altermondialiste
39,472 corpus weight
- altérées
altérées
39,471 corpus weight
- alémanique
alémanique
39,470 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « alpina » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alpina |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \alˈpi.na\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alpina » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alpina is uncommon French at frequency #60,528 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \alˈpi.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de alpino.".
Zero misspellings are on record for alpina in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is alpina, spelled A-L-P-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de alpino.
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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