av. J.-C.
\a.vɑ̃.ʒe.zy.kʁi\
The verdict
“av. J.-C.” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avant Jésus-Christ. — Note d’usage : Utilisé pour nommer les années, les siècles et les millénaires avant l’année supposée de la naissance de Jésus-Christ telle qu’elle fut évaluée au VIᵉ siècle. L...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | av. J.-C. |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.vɑ̃.ʒe.zy.kʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “av. J.-C.” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for av. J.-C. is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vɑ̃.ʒe.zy.kʁi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avant Jésus-Christ. — Note d’usage : Utilisé pour nommer les années, les siècles et les millénaires avant l’année supposée de la naissance de Jésus-Christ telle qu’elle fut évaluée au VIᵉ siècle. L...".
av. J.-C. has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is av. J.-C., spelled A-V-.- -J-.---C-..
Definition
- 1Avant Jésus-Christ. — Note d’usage : Utilisé pour nommer les années, les siècles et les millénaires avant l’année supposée de la naissance de Jésus-Christ telle qu’elle fut évaluée au VIᵉ siècle. L’an 1 av. J.-C. est précédé de l’an 2 av. J.-C. et suivi de l’an 1 apr. J.-C.
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- The one correct French spelling is A-V-.- -J-.---C-. - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.