ashes
\ˈæʃ.ɪz\
The verdict
“ashes” is uncommon French (frequency #82,684 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,684
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ash.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ashes · ashes · French
ashes · rank #82,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,684
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH aseptisée
Nearest frequency peer: aseptisée (-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 « ashes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arrachaient
arrachaient
17,320 corpus weight
- aseptisée
aseptisée
17,318 corpus weight
- ashes
ashes
17,317 corpus weight
- asservie
asservie
17,316 corpus weight
- assommant
assommant
17,315 corpus weight
- astheure
astheure
17,314 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ashes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ashes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈæʃ.ɪz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ashes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ashes is uncommon French at frequency #82,684 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈæʃ.ɪz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ash.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ashes, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ashes, spelled A-S-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ash.
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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