avicenne
\a.vi.sɛn\
The verdict
“avicenne” is uncommon French (frequency #53,148 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,148
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de palétuviers de la famille des acanthacées (e.g. les acanthes et genres apparentés) comprenant des espèces très halophiles des mangroves d'Asie tropicale (genre Avicennia spp.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-avicenne · avicenne · French
avicenne · rank #53,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,148
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH avertisseur
Nearest frequency peer: avertisseur (-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 « avicenne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- autopartage
autopartage
46,856 corpus weight
- autoportrai…
autoportraits
46,855 corpus weight
- avertisseur
avertisseur
46,854 corpus weight
- avicenne
avicenne
46,853 corpus weight
- avoua
avoua
46,852 corpus weight
- babouin
babouin
46,851 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « avicenne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avicenne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.vi.sɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « avicenne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
avicenne is uncommon French at frequency #53,148 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.vi.sɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genre de palétuviers de la famille des acanthacées (e.g. les acanthes et genres apparentés) comprenant des espèces très halophiles des mangroves d'Asie tropicale (genre Avicennia spp.).".
Zero misspellings are on record for avicenne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is avicenne, spelled A-V-I-C-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Genre de palétuviers de la famille des acanthacées (e.g. les acanthes et genres apparentés) comprenant des espèces très halophiles des mangroves d'Asie tropicale (genre Avicennia spp.).
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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