attaquante
\a.ta.kɑ̃t\
The verdict
“attaquante” is uncommon French (frequency #64,941 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,941
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assaillante, personne qui attaque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-attaquante · attaquante · French
attaquante · rank #64,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,941
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH ato
Nearest frequency peer: ato (-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 « attaquante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- assayas
assayas
35,063 corpus weight
- athlé
athlé
35,062 corpus weight
- ato
ato
35,061 corpus weight
- attaquante
attaquante
35,060 corpus weight
- attaquerait
attaquerait
35,059 corpus weight
- attrapée
attrapée
35,058 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « attaquante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attaquante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ta.kɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #64,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « attaquante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
attaquante is uncommon French at frequency #64,941 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ta.kɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
attaquante has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is attaquante, spelled A-T-T-A-Q-U-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Assaillante, personne qui attaque.
- 2Joueuse chargée de marquer des points.
- 3Personne physique ou morale qui prend l’initiative d'une offre publique sur les titres d'une société, conduite dans une logique exclusivement financière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how attaquante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le PSG se présentera sans son attaquante Marie-Antoinette Katoto, toujours gravement blessée au genou depuis l’Euro.
Tabitha Chawinga, l’attaquante malawite du PSG, doit sa place chez les pros à sa persévérance face aux coups et aux humiliations qu’elle a subis
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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