Avoriaz

\a.vɔ.ʁja\

/\a.vɔ.ʁja\/ name

The verdict

“Avoriaz” is uncommon French (frequency #75,426 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,426
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Station de ski française sur le territoire de la commune de Morzine dans le département de Haute-Savoie ouverte en 1966.

Corpus desk

Index FR-avoriaz · Avoriaz · French

Avoriaz · rank #75,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,426
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Avignonnais

Nearest frequency peer: Avignonnais (-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 « Avoriaz »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Avoriaz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Avoriaz
PropertyValue
HeadwordAvoriaz
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.vɔ.ʁja\
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Avoriaz » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Avoriaztombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Avignonnais » (#75,425), « awake » (#75,427), « automnales » (#75,424). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Avoriaz » est au #75,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Avoriaz is uncommon French at frequency #75,426 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.vɔ.ʁja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Station de ski française sur le territoire de la commune de Morzine dans le département de Haute-Savoie ouverte en 1966.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Avoriaz in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Avoriaz, spelled A-V-O-R-I-A-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Station de ski française sur le territoire de la commune de Morzine dans le département de Haute-Savoie ouverte en 1966.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Avoriaz"?
"Avoriaz" is spelled A-V-O-R-I-A-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \a.vɔ.ʁja\.
What does "Avoriaz" mean?
As a proper noun, "Avoriaz" means: Station de ski française sur le territoire de la commune de Morzine dans le département de Haute-Savoie ouverte en 1966.
How do you pronounce "Avoriaz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Avoriaz" is \a.vɔ.ʁja\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Avoriaz" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Avoriaz", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list