altro
\al.ˈtrɔ\
The verdict
“altro” is uncommon French (frequency #98,719 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,719
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-altro · altro · French
altro · rank #98,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,719
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH alose
Nearest frequency peer: alose (-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 « altro »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- algèbres
algèbres
1,285 corpus weight
- alose
alose
1,283 corpus weight
- altro
altro
1,282 corpus weight
- alémaniques
alémaniques
1,281 corpus weight
- amazighe
amazighe
1,280 corpus weight
- ambrosia
ambrosia
1,279 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « altro » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | altro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.ˈtrɔ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « altro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
altro is uncommon French at frequency #98,719 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.ˈtrɔ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre chose.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for altro, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is altro, spelled A-L-T-R-O.
Definition
- 1Autre chose.
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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