Atacama
\a.ta.ka.ma\
The verdict
“Atacama” is uncommon French (frequency #62,789 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,789
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désert hyperaride situé au Chili en Amérique du Sud. Désert d’Atacama.
Corpus desk
Index FR-atacama · Atacama · French
Atacama · rank #62,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,789
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH astruc
Nearest frequency peer: astruc (-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 « Atacama »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- associez
associez
37,215 corpus weight
- assyrienne
assyrienne
37,214 corpus weight
- astruc
astruc
37,213 corpus weight
- Atacama
Atacama
37,212 corpus weight
- atterrés
atterrés
37,211 corpus weight
- attiraient
attiraient
37,210 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Atacama » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « Atacama » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Atacama is uncommon French at frequency #62,789 among 6,727 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Atacama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela augmenterait bien sûr le coût d’extraction du lithium dans l’Atacama.
L’immense Atacama s’ouvre aux portes des plaines fertiles du Chili central, dès qu’on franchit le rio Paposo.
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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