Antonov
\ɑ̃.to.nov\
The verdict
“Antonov” is uncommon French (frequency #67,279 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,279
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Société de construction aéronautique soviétique puis ukrainienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-antonov · Antonov · French
Antonov · rank #67,279 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,279
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH anthologies
Nearest frequency peer: anthologies (-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 « Antonov »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- antalgique
antalgique
32,724 corpus weight
- anthologies
anthologies
32,723 corpus weight
- Antonov
Antonov
32,722 corpus weight
- AOF
AOF
32,721 corpus weight
- apaisés
apaisés
32,720 corpus weight
- aphrodisiaq…
aphrodisiaques
32,719 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Antonov » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Antonov |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.to.nov\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Antonov » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Antonov is uncommon French at frequency #67,279 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɑ̃.to.nov\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Antonov in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Antonov, spelled A-N-T-O-N-O-V.
Definition
- 1Société de construction aéronautique soviétique puis ukrainienne.
- 2Avion construit par cette société.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Antonov appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je chante pour Sakharov et contre les tyrans qui lancent leurs Antonov sur le pays afghan.
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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