ångström
\ɑ̃ɡ.stʁœm\
The verdict
“ångström” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de longueur, autrefois utilisée en physique atomique, n’appartenant pas au Système international (SI), et valant 10⁻¹⁰ mètre. Le symbole est Å.
Corpus desk
Index FR-angstrom · ångström · French
ångström · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Å" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ångström |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ɡ.stʁœm\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ångström » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ångström is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃ɡ.stʁœm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de mesure de longueur, autrefois utilisée en physique atomique, n’appartenant pas au Système international (SI), et valant 10⁻¹⁰ mètre. Le symbole est Å.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ångström in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ångström, spelled Å-N-G-S-T-R-Ö-M.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de longueur, autrefois utilisée en physique atomique, n’appartenant pas au Système international (SI), et valant 10⁻¹⁰ mètre. Le symbole est Å.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ångström appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’ångström était utilisé pour les longueurs d’ondes de la lumière dite maintenant nanométrique.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.