Audouin
\o.dwɛ̃\
The verdict
“Audouin” is uncommon French (frequency #78,148 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,148
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-audouin · Audouin · French
Audouin · rank #78,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,148
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH AUC
Nearest frequency peer: AUC (-2 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 « Audouin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- attireront
attireront
21,857 corpus weight
- aubaines
aubaines
21,856 corpus weight
- AUC
AUC
21,855 corpus weight
- Audouin
Audouin
21,853 corpus weight
- aurifères
aurifères
21,851 corpus weight
- autorises
autorises
21,850 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Audouin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Audouin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \o.dwɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Audouin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Audouin is uncommon French at frequency #78,148 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \o.dwɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Audouin, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Audouin, spelled A-U-D-O-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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