aristarque
\a.ʁis.taʁk\
The verdict
“aristarque” is uncommon French (frequency #97,663 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,663
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Censeur, critique sévère mais équitable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aristarque · aristarque · French
aristarque · rank #97,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,663
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH archonte
Nearest frequency peer: archonte (-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 « aristarque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- antico
antico
2,341 corpus weight
- approuvons
approuvons
2,340 corpus weight
- archonte
archonte
2,339 corpus weight
- aristarque
aristarque
2,338 corpus weight
- assaini
assaini
2,336 corpus weight
- assaisonnés
assaisonnés
2,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « aristarque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aristarque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʁis.taʁk\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aristarque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aristarque is uncommon French at frequency #97,663 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʁis.taʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Censeur, critique sévère mais équitable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aristarque, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 aristarque, spelled A-R-I-S-T-A-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Censeur, critique sévère mais équitable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aristarque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aristarque avait lui aussi édité les œuvres d'Homère, avec une rigueur si légendaire qu’après lui tout critique exigeant fut qualifié d’aristarque.
Quand on est très-jeune, la nature muette parle beaucoup ; il y a surabondance dans l’homme ; tout son avenir est devant lui (si mon Aristarque veut me passer cette expression) ; il espère communiquer ses sensations au monde, et il se nourrit de mille chimères.
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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