askari
\as.ka.ʁi\
The verdict
“askari” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En Afrique de l'Est, soldat ou policier indigène des empires coloniaux italien, allemand ou britannique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-askari · askari · French
askari · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | askari |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \as.ka.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
askari is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.ka.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En Afrique de l'Est, soldat ou policier indigène des empires coloniaux italien, allemand ou britannique.".
No misspelling variants are generated for askari in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is askari, spelled A-S-K-A-R-I.
Definition
- 1En Afrique de l'Est, soldat ou policier indigène des empires coloniaux italien, allemand ou britannique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how askari appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Italiens recrutèrent dans la population indigène de nombreux auxiliaires, notamment des soldats, les askaris, qui participèrent activement à la guerre en Érythrée.
Tandis que je regagne la modeste auberge grecque où je prends pension, un askari de la douane au tarbouche à bande verte me court après, envoyé d’urgence par le « chef », qui veut me parler.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.