aran
\a.ʁɒ̃\
The verdict
“aran” is uncommon French (frequency #62,048 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,048
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de symbole Cu et de numéro atomique 29.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aran · aran · French
aran · rank #62,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,048
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Aquitain
Nearest frequency peer: Aquitain (-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 « aran »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- apud
apud
37,956 corpus weight
- aquifères
aquifères
37,955 corpus weight
- Aquitain
Aquitain
37,954 corpus weight
- aran
aran
37,953 corpus weight
- arbrisseau
arbrisseau
37,952 corpus weight
- archidiocèse
archidiocèse
37,950 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aran » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aran |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁɒ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aran » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aran is uncommon French at frequency #62,048 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁɒ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for aran in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aran, spelled A-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de symbole Cu et de numéro atomique 29.
- 2Corps simple métallique rougeâtre ductile et malléable constitué de cet élément.
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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