aza

noun

The verdict

“aza” is uncommon French (frequency #74,581 among 424,905 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,581
frequency rank, French
424,905
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hasard.

Key facts for aza
PropertyValue
Headwordaza
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#74,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aza” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aza lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aza is uncommon French at frequency #74,581 among 424,905 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hasard.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for aza in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is aza, spelled A-Z-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hasard.

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 "aza"?
"aza" is spelled A-Z-A.
What does "aza" mean?
As a noun, "aza" means: Hasard.
What language does "aza" come from?
"aza" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “aza”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list