armoricain
\aʁ.mɔ.ʁi.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“armoricain” is uncommon French (frequency #71,251 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,251
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’Armorique et à ses habitants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-armoricain · armoricain · French
armoricain · rank #71,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,251
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH architect
Nearest frequency peer: architect (-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 « armoricain »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- appareille
appareille
28,753 corpus weight
- arb
arb
28,752 corpus weight
- architect
architect
28,751 corpus weight
- armoricain
armoricain
28,750 corpus weight
- arrivistes
arrivistes
28,749 corpus weight
- assaillis
assaillis
28,748 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « armoricain » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armoricain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \aʁ.mɔ.ʁi.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « armoricain » en français
Rare enough to double-check
armoricain is uncommon French at frequency #71,251 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \aʁ.mɔ.ʁi.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à l’Armorique et à ses habitants.".
armoricain doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 armoricain, spelled A-R-M-O-R-I-C-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif à l’Armorique et à ses habitants.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how armoricain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce gentilhomme armoricain plaisait à toutes les femmes avec ses grands yeux noirs pleins de feu, sa haute taille, son air mâle et sa tournure élégante ;[…].
Regardez sur cette carte cette longue presqu’île armoricaine, perdue en mer, isolée de tout, comme un brise-lames opposé aux colères océaniennes […]
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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