amélia
\a.me.lja\
The verdict
“amélia” is uncommon French (frequency #57,074 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,074
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de chaussure en vogue au XIXᵉ siècle pour les bains de mer; l’empeigne est en toile, et elle est garnie d’une semelle dont le milieu est enfoncé et formé d’une plaque de laiton percée de trou...
Corpus desk
Index FR-amelia · amélia · French
amélia · rank #57,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,074
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amulettes
Nearest frequency peer: amulettes (-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 « amélia »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- amenèrent
amenèrent
42,930 corpus weight
- Amherst
Amherst
42,929 corpus weight
- amulettes
amulettes
42,928 corpus weight
- amélia
amélia
42,927 corpus weight
- Andrzej
Andrzej
42,926 corpus weight
- angoisser
angoisser
42,925 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « amélia » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amélia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.me.lja\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amélia » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amélia is uncommon French at frequency #57,074 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.me.lja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sorte de chaussure en vogue au XIXᵉ siècle pour les bains de mer; l’empeigne est en toile, et elle est garnie d’une semelle dont le milieu est enfoncé et formé d’une plaque de laiton percée de trou...".
amélia has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 amélia, spelled A-M-É-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Sorte de chaussure en vogue au XIXᵉ siècle pour les bains de mer; l’empeigne est en toile, et elle est garnie d’une semelle dont le milieu est enfoncé et formé d’une plaque de laiton percée de trous, pour donner issue à l’eau et au sable.
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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