astrée

\as.tʁe\

/\as.tʁe\/ noun

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The verdict

“astrée” is uncommon French (frequency #51,887 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,887
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de polypiers hexacoralliaires pierreux (Astrea spp.) de la famille des mérulinidés dont la surface est parsemée d’étoiles; on l’appelle aussi astroïte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-astree · astrée · French

astrée · rank #51,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,887
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH astucieuse

Nearest frequency peer: astucieuse (+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 « astrée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « astrée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for astrée
PropertyValue
Headwordastrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\as.tʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,887
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « astrée » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).astréetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « astucieuse » (#51,888), « arrangeur » (#51,885), « atmosphere » (#51,889). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « astrée » est au #51,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

astrée is uncommon French at frequency #51,887 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \as.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for astrée, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is astrée, spelled A-S-T-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de polypiers hexacoralliaires pierreux (Astrea spp.) de la famille des mérulinidés dont la surface est parsemée d’étoiles; on l’appelle aussi astroïte.
  2. 2
    Ancien nom (Astraea) d'un genre de la famille des euphorbiacées, maintenant fusionné au vaste genre Croton (i.e. les crotons), devenant ainsi un sous-genre.
  3. 3
    Genre de gastéropodes dont le taxon générique est Guildfordia.
  4. 4
    Champignons du genre Astraeus, de la famille des diplocystidiacées, ayant extérieurement la forme d’une vesse-de-loup étoilée, rappelant le géastre. → voir astrée hygrométrique

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how astrée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les astrées, dont il existe une espèce poussant dans le sud des États-Unis (anciennement connue comme Astraea lobata), appartiennent maintenant au très vaste genre pantropical Croton.

Synonyms

astréoporeastricie

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "astrée"?
"astrée" is spelled A-S-T-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \as.tʁe\.
What does "astrée" mean?
As a noun, "astrée" means: Genre de polypiers hexacoralliaires pierreux (Astrea spp.) de la famille des mérulinidés dont la surface est parsemée d’étoiles; on l’appelle aussi astroïte.
How do you pronounce "astrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astrée" is \as.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "astrée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "astrée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list