Alys
The verdict
“Alys” is uncommon French (frequency #99,849 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,849
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alys · Alys · French
Alys · rank #99,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,849
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH altière
Nearest frequency peer: altière (-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 « Alys »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alleux
alleux
156 corpus weight
- Allium
Allium
155 corpus weight
- Alpi
Alpi
154 corpus weight
- altière
altière
153 corpus weight
- Alys
Alys
152 corpus weight
- ambon
ambon
150 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Alys » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alys |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #99,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Alys » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Alys is uncommon French at frequency #99,849 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Alys has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Alys, spelled A-L-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Alys appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« J’étais vraiment impressionnée, a expliqué Alys. […] » La lycéenne n’a pas hésité une seconde au moment de l’inscription, elle qui se destine à un métier d’avocat voire à la politique : « J’avais besoin de le faire et je suis très fière ».
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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