ambidextre
\ɑ̃.bi.dɛkstʁ\
The verdict
“ambidextre” is uncommon French (frequency #72,904 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,904
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se sert des deux mains avec une égale facilité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ambidextre · ambidextre · French
ambidextre · rank #72,904 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,904
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH altimètre
Nearest frequency peer: altimètre (-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 « ambidextre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alluma
alluma
27,100 corpus weight
- alternateurs
alternateurs
27,099 corpus weight
- altimètre
altimètre
27,098 corpus weight
- ambidextre
ambidextre
27,097 corpus weight
- amino
amino
27,096 corpus weight
- ammonites
ammonites
27,095 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ambidextre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambidextre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bi.dɛkstʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ambidextre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ambidextre is uncommon French at frequency #72,904 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.bi.dɛkstʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ambidextre has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ambidextre, spelled A-M-B-I-D-E-X-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui se sert des deux mains avec une égale facilité.
- 2Bisexuel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ambidextre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Homme ambidextre.
Femme ambidextre.
This word in other languages
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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