ashanti
\a.ʃan.ti\
The verdict
“ashanti” is uncommon French (frequency #81,771 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,771
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux Ashantis, groupe ethnique du Ghana.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ashanti · ashanti · French
ashanti · rank #81,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,771
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH ashkénazes
Nearest frequency peer: ashkénazes (+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 « ashanti »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arpenteurs
arpenteurs
18,234 corpus weight
- Arslan
Arslan
18,233 corpus weight
- arson
arson
18,232 corpus weight
- ashanti
ashanti
18,230 corpus weight
- ashkénazes
ashkénazes
18,229 corpus weight
- assaillir
assaillir
18,228 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ashanti » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ashanti |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.ʃan.ti\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,771 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ashanti » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ashanti is uncommon French at frequency #81,771 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.ʃan.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux Ashantis, groupe ethnique du Ghana.".
ashanti doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ashanti, spelled A-S-H-A-N-T-I.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux Ashantis, groupe ethnique du Ghana.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ashanti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ai terminé ce premier engagement de deux ans à Accra, la capitale du Ghana. C'est là que j'ai vu pour la première fois des statuettes ashantis. Leurs grosses têtes rondes me firent tout de suite penser à toi.
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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