Andaman
\ɑ̃.da.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“Andaman” is uncommon French (frequency #69,584 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,584
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Archipel indien dans le golfe du Bengale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-andaman · Andaman · French
Andaman · rank #69,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,584
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH anabolisants
Nearest frequency peer: anabolisants (-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 « Andaman »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Amnéville
Amnéville
30,420 corpus weight
- amoncelleme…
amoncellement
30,419 corpus weight
- anabolisants
anabolisants
30,418 corpus weight
- Andaman
Andaman
30,417 corpus weight
- annoncerai
annoncerai
30,416 corpus weight
- apothicaires
apothicaires
30,415 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Andaman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Andaman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.da.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Andaman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Andaman is uncommon French at frequency #69,584 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ̃.da.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Andaman, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Andaman, spelled A-N-D-A-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Archipel indien dans le golfe du Bengale.
- 2Eaux dans lesquelles baigne l’archipel d’Andaman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Andaman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les principales îles de ce golphe sont, Ceylan, les îles du Gange, quantité de petites îles le long des côtes d’Avas, du Pégu, & de Siam, entr’autres les îles des Andamans, de Ténasserim, de Junsalam, & de Nicobar.
En effet, si bien caractérisée que soit une race humaine, il ne faut pas s’attendre, en général, à trouver des populations dont tous les individus répondent à un type uniforme ; le cas pourtant se trouve réalisé pour les Négritos Andamanais, mais c’est un exemple peut-être unique au monde d'une race parfaitement pure. Les Andaman, jusqu’à notre siècle, so…
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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