Ambert
\ɑ̃.bɛʁ\
The verdict
“Ambert” is uncommon French (frequency #58,400 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,400
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ambert · Ambert · French
Ambert · rank #58,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,400
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amb
Nearest frequency peer: amb (-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 « Ambert »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- altèrent
altèrent
41,604 corpus weight
- alésage
alésage
41,603 corpus weight
- amb
amb
41,602 corpus weight
- Ambert
Ambert
41,601 corpus weight
- ampères
ampères
41,599 corpus weight
- amusais
amusais
41,598 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ambert » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ambert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,400 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ambert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ambert is uncommon French at frequency #58,400 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ̃.bɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Ambert in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Ambert, spelled A-M-B-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ambert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils découvrirent alors un monument étrange, une sorte de grosse rotonde, dont la rotonde du Parc Monceau n’eût été que le poussin. — Quoi ! dit Broudier, serait-ce la mairie d’Ambert ? Ils se turent. Ils contemplaient avec émotion ce monument d’orgueil. — Mais, dit Lesueur, d’une voix mal assurée, où est le milieu de la façade ?
Quoi qu'il en soit, à Ambert, des sommes immenses sont thésaurisées. Voilà un signe évident de richesse.
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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