apprivoisée

\a.pʁi.vwa.ze\

/\a.pʁi.vwa.ze\/ noun

The verdict

“apprivoisée” is uncommon French (frequency #69,588 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,588
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne soumise aux règles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apprivoisee · apprivoisée · French

apprivoisée · rank #69,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,588
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH appauvrie

Nearest frequency peer: appauvrie (-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 « apprivoisée »

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 « apprivoisée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apprivoisée
PropertyValue
Headwordapprivoisée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.pʁi.vwa.ze\
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,588
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « apprivoisée » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).apprivoiséetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « appauvrie » (#69,587), « Arabian » (#69,589), « apothicaires » (#69,586). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apprivoisée » est au #69,588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apprivoisée is uncommon French at frequency #69,588 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.pʁi.vwa.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne soumise aux règles.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for apprivoisée in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is apprivoisée, spelled A-P-P-R-I-V-O-I-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne soumise aux règles.

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 "apprivoisée"?
"apprivoisée" is spelled A-P-P-R-I-V-O-I-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pʁi.vwa.ze\.
What does "apprivoisée" mean?
As a noun, "apprivoisée" means: Personne soumise aux règles.
How do you pronounce "apprivoisée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apprivoisée" is \a.pʁi.vwa.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apprivoisée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list