ammonites
\a.mɔ.nit\
The verdict
“ammonites” is uncommon French (frequency #72,906 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,906
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ammonite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ammonites · ammonites · French
ammonites · rank #72,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,906
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amino
Nearest frequency peer: amino (-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 « ammonites »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- altimètre
altimètre
27,098 corpus weight
- ambidextre
ambidextre
27,097 corpus weight
- amino
amino
27,096 corpus weight
- ammonites
ammonites
27,095 corpus weight
- amourette
amourette
27,094 corpus weight
- anar
anar
27,093 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ammonites » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ammonites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.mɔ.nit\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #72,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ammonites » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ammonites is uncommon French at frequency #72,906 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.mɔ.nit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ammonite.".
ammonites has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 ammonites, spelled A-M-M-O-N-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ammonite.
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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