Amherst
The verdict
“Amherst” is uncommon French (frequency #57,072 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,072
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amherst · Amherst · French
Amherst · rank #57,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,072
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amenèrent
Nearest frequency peer: amenèrent (-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 « Amherst »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Alpilles
Alpilles
42,932 corpus weight
- amazigh
amazigh
42,931 corpus weight
- amenèrent
amenèrent
42,930 corpus weight
- Amherst
Amherst
42,929 corpus weight
- amulettes
amulettes
42,928 corpus weight
- amélia
amélia
42,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Amherst » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amherst |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Amherst » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Amherst is uncommon French at frequency #57,072 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Amherst in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Amherst, spelled A-M-H-E-R-S-T.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Amherst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
William Pitt Amherst.
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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