Angoumois
\ɑ̃.ɡu.mwa\
The verdict
“Angoumois” is uncommon French (frequency #64,923 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,923
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne province française.
Corpus desk
Index FR-angoumois · Angoumois · French
Angoumois · rank #64,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,923
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH amphis
Nearest frequency peer: amphis (-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 « Angoumois »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- alm
alm
35,081 corpus weight
- alternées
alternées
35,080 corpus weight
- amphis
amphis
35,079 corpus weight
- Angoumois
Angoumois
35,078 corpus weight
- anticoagula…
anticoagulants
35,077 corpus weight
- anticyclone
anticyclone
35,076 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Angoumois » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Angoumois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡu.mwa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Angoumois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Angoumois is uncommon French at frequency #64,923 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡu.mwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Angoumois 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Angoumois, spelled A-N-G-O-U-M-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Ancienne province française.
- 2Région d’Angoulême.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Angoumois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est donc revenu sur l’eau, notre ami Lucien, dit Nathan, qui se joignit au groupe, je le croyais retourné dans l’Angoumois pour le reste de ses jours.
Au bord de la Charente, Saint-Simon a gardé en mémoire son passé de village gabarier. Au sud, des collines lourdes aux terres blanches couvertes de vastes champs, de bosquets et des premiers vignobles forment les côtes de l’Angoumois.
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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