Ast
\ast\
The verdict
“Ast” is uncommon French (frequency #57,764 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,764
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Branche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ast · Ast · French
Ast · rank #57,764 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,764
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH assombrir
Nearest frequency peer: assombrir (-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 « Ast »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- assassinent
assassinent
42,241 corpus weight
- assisteront
assisteront
42,240 corpus weight
- assombrir
assombrir
42,238 corpus weight
- Ast
Ast
42,237 corpus weight
- asticots
asticots
42,236 corpus weight
- Asuka
Asuka
42,234 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ast » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ast |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ast\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,764 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ast » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ast is uncommon French at frequency #57,764 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ast\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Branche.".
Ast doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Ast, spelled A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Branche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Gegensatz zu den einfachen Frühjahrsblühern wie Forsythien oder Weigelien überaltern Felsenbirnen nicht. Auch die älteren Äste bringen immer noch sehr viele Blüten hervor.
In der Ölmühle werden die Oliven zuerst von kleinen Ästen oder Blättern befreit und gewaschen.
Synonyms
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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