ayer
\a.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“ayer” is uncommon French (frequency #58,430 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,430
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbuste des Moluques, dont il découle, quand on fait des incisions à ses rameaux, un suc limpide propre à désaltérer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ayer · ayer · French
ayer · rank #58,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,430
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH awkward
Nearest frequency peer: awkward (-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 « ayer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Aurelius
Aurelius
41,575 corpus weight
- autumn
autumn
41,574 corpus weight
- avionneur
avionneur
41,573 corpus weight
- awkward
awkward
41,572 corpus weight
- ayer
ayer
41,571 corpus weight
- Azawad
Azawad
41,570 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ayer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ayer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,430 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ayer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ayer is uncommon French at frequency #58,430 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbuste des Moluques, dont il découle, quand on fait des incisions à ses rameaux, un suc limpide propre à désaltérer.".
ayer has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ayer, spelled A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arbuste des Moluques, dont il découle, quand on fait des incisions à ses rameaux, un suc limpide propre à désaltérer.
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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