Assam
\a.sam\
The verdict
“Assam” is uncommon French (frequency #64,937 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,937
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de l’Inde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-assam · Assam · French
Assam · rank #64,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,937
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Ashby
Nearest frequency peer: Ashby (-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 « Assam »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ascot
ascot
35,067 corpus weight
- ascète
ascète
35,066 corpus weight
- Ashby
Ashby
35,065 corpus weight
- Assam
Assam
35,064 corpus weight
- assayas
assayas
35,063 corpus weight
- athlé
athlé
35,062 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Assam » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Assam |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.sam\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Assam » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Assam is uncommon French at frequency #64,937 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.sam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de l’Inde.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Assam in our index, 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 entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Assam, spelled A-S-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1État de l’Inde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Assam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce piment a ensuite été détrôné par le Naga Jolokia, cultivé dans l’Assam, en Inde.
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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