âpreté
\ɑ.pʁə.te\
The verdict
“âpreté” is uncommon French (frequency #64,886 among 14 “” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,886
- frequency rank, French
- 14
- “” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est âpre. Rudesse désagréable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aprete · âpreté · French
âpreté · rank #64,886 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,886
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 14
- PHOTO-FINISH Ziguinchor
Nearest frequency peer: Ziguinchor (-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 « âpreté »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- yoruba
yoruba
35,118 corpus weight
- yézidis
yézidis
35,117 corpus weight
- Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor
35,116 corpus weight
- âpreté
âpreté
35,115 corpus weight
- échapperont
échapperont
35,114 corpus weight
- éclairait
éclairait
35,112 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « âpreté » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | âpreté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ.pʁə.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « âpreté » en français
Rare enough to double-check
âpreté is uncommon French at frequency #64,886 among 14 “” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ.pʁə.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
âpreté has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is âpreté, spelled Â-P-R-E-T-É.
Definition
- 1Qualité de ce qui est âpre. Rudesse désagréable.
- 2Dureté, brutalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how âpreté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le tannin, qui vient de la rafle, des pépins et des pellicules donne de l’âpreté ; c'est à ce principe qu'il faut rapporter la plus ou moins longue conservation du vin.
La société Serco, choisie pour bercer les passagers entre Londres en Edimbourg, gère, entre autres, les fourgons cellulaires britanniques, des prisons, des centres de rétention et des foyers de demandeurs d’asile. Sa réputation d’âpreté au gain et d’opacité est détestable.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).