already
\ɔːl.ˈɹɛd.i\
The verdict
“already” is uncommon French (frequency #52,474 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,474
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déjà ; d'ores et déjà.
Corpus desk
Index FR-already · already · French
already · rank #52,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,474
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH allongeant
Nearest frequency peer: allongeant (-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 « already »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alertent
alertent
47,530 corpus weight
- algo
algo
47,529 corpus weight
- allongeant
allongeant
47,528 corpus weight
- already
already
47,527 corpus weight
- Alzette
Alzette
47,525 corpus weight
- amplitudes
amplitudes
47,524 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « already » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | already |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɔːl.ˈɹɛd.i\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « already » en français
Rare enough to double-check
already is uncommon French at frequency #52,474 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɔːl.ˈɹɛd.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
already doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 already, spelled A-L-R-E-A-D-Y.
Definition
- 1Déjà ; d'ores et déjà.
- 2Bientôt.
- 3Permet d’exprimer l’impatience et l’exaspération.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how already appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.
Are you quitting already?
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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