América
\aˈme.ɾi.ka\
The verdict
“América” is uncommon French (frequency #55,735 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,735
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Amérique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-america · América · French
América · rank #55,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,735
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH americana
Nearest frequency peer: americana (-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 « América »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alumni
alumni
44,268 corpus weight
- americana
americana
44,267 corpus weight
- América
América
44,266 corpus weight
- analgésique
analgésique
44,265 corpus weight
- Andenne
Andenne
44,264 corpus weight
- andouilles
andouilles
44,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « América » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | América |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \aˈme.ɾi.ka\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « América » en français
Rare enough to double-check
América is uncommon French at frequency #55,735 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \aˈme.ɾi.ka\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
América has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 América, spelled A-M-É-R-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Amérique.
- 2États-Unis d’Amérique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how América appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La ciudad de Montevideo, plaza fuerte destinada a ser el punto de apoyo y resistencia del sistema colonial en esta zona de América, […].
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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