autumn
\ˈɔ.təm\
The verdict
“autumn” is uncommon French (frequency #58,427 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,427
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Automne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-autumn · autumn · French
autumn · rank #58,427 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,427
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Aurelius
Nearest frequency peer: Aurelius (-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 « autumn »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- attendrons
attendrons
41,577 corpus weight
- attentives
attentives
41,576 corpus weight
- Aurelius
Aurelius
41,575 corpus weight
- autumn
autumn
41,574 corpus weight
- avionneur
avionneur
41,573 corpus weight
- awkward
awkward
41,572 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « autumn » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | autumn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɔ.təm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,427 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « autumn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
autumn is uncommon French at frequency #58,427 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɔ.təm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
autumn doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is autumn, spelled A-U-T-U-M-N.
Definition
- 1Automne.
- 2Automnal.
Synonyms
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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