Atacama
\a.ta.ka.ma\
The verdict
“Atacama” is uncommon French (frequency #62,789 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,789
- frequency rank, French
- 424,905
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Désert hyperaride situé au Chili en Amérique du Sud. Désert d’Atacama.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Atacama |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.ta.ka.ma\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #62,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Atacama” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Atacama is uncommon French at frequency #62,789 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ta.ka.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Atacama in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Atacama, spelled A-T-A-C-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Désert hyperaride situé au Chili en Amérique du Sud. Désert d’Atacama.
- 2Salar situé dans le désert du même nom.
- 3Puna, altiplano situé à cheval sur le chili et l’Argentine à la latitude du désert d’Atacama.
- 4Région du Chili située dans le nord du pays.
- 5Autre nom de la fosse du Pérou-Chili (fosse d'Atacama).
- 6Nom donné à l’astéroïde nᵒ 18725.
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); 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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Using “Atacama”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-T-A-C-A-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ta.ka.ma\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.