aquifère
\a.kɥi.fɛʁ\
The verdict
“aquifère” is uncommon French (frequency #62,780 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,780
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui porte ou qui contient de l’eau en partie mobilisable par gravité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aquifere · aquifère · French
aquifère · rank #62,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,780
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH apposées
Nearest frequency peer: apposées (-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 « aquifère »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- appartenez
appartenez
37,224 corpus weight
- apposées
apposées
37,222 corpus weight
- aquifère
aquifère
37,221 corpus weight
- Arenberg
Arenberg
37,220 corpus weight
- aristotélic…
aristotélicienne
37,219 corpus weight
- arrest
arrest
37,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aquifère » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aquifère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.kɥi.fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aquifère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aquifère is uncommon French at frequency #62,780 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.kɥi.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for aquifère in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is aquifère, spelled A-Q-U-I-F-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui porte ou qui contient de l’eau en partie mobilisable par gravité.
- 2Qui apporte de l’eau ou de la sève.
- 3Branchial, relatif au brassage d’eau vers les organes de la respiration des organismes aquatiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aquifère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Terrain aquifère.
Nappe aquifère, couche souterraine formée par les eaux d'infiltration.
Synonyms
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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