Andromaque

\ɑ̃.dʁo.mak\

/\ɑ̃.dʁo.mak\/ name

The verdict

“Andromaque” is uncommon French (frequency #50,635 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,635
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme d’Hector durant la guerre de Troie, fille d’Éétion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-andromaque · Andromaque · French

Andromaque · rank #50,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,635
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH analgésiques

Nearest frequency peer: analgésiques (-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 « Andromaque »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Andromaque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Andromaque
PropertyValue
HeadwordAndromaque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɑ̃.dʁo.mak\
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Andromaque » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Andromaquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « analgésiques » (#50,634), « anglican » (#50,636), « Amphibie » (#50,633). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Andromaque » est au #50,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Andromaque is uncommon French at frequency #50,635 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ̃.dʁo.mak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Andromaque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Andromaque, spelled A-N-D-R-O-M-A-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme d’Hector durant la guerre de Troie, fille d’Éétion.
  2. 2
    (175) Andromaque, internationalement (175) Andromache, planète mineure de la ceinture principale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Andromaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Andromaque était belle et toujours touchante, comme il se doit (en réalité, c’était une tigresse qui avait fait tuer un enfant à la place de son fils).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Andromaque"?
"Andromaque" is spelled A-N-D-R-O-M-A-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.dʁo.mak\.
What does "Andromaque" mean?
As a proper noun, "Andromaque" means: Femme d’Hector durant la guerre de Troie, fille d’Éétion.
How do you pronounce "Andromaque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Andromaque" is \ɑ̃.dʁo.mak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Andromaque" come from?
"Andromaque" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Andromaque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list