Azergues

\a.zɛʁɡ\

/\a.zɛʁɡ\/ name

The verdict

“Azergues” is uncommon French (frequency #93,511 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,511
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière française du département du Rhône, affluent de la Saône.

Corpus desk

Index FR-azergues · Azergues · French

Azergues · rank #93,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,511
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH azalée

Nearest frequency peer: azalée (-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 « Azergues »

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 « Azergues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Azergues
PropertyValue
HeadwordAzergues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.zɛʁɡ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Azergues » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Azerguestombe 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: « azalée » (#93,510), « Ayen » (#93,509), « babeurre » (#93,513). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Azergues » est au #93,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Azergues is uncommon French at frequency #93,511 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.zɛʁɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rivière française du département du Rhône, affluent de la Saône.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Azergues, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Azergues, spelled A-Z-E-R-G-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière française du département du Rhône, affluent de la Saône.

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 "Azergues"?
"Azergues" is spelled A-Z-E-R-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.zɛʁɡ\.
What does "Azergues" mean?
As a proper noun, "Azergues" means: Rivière française du département du Rhône, affluent de la Saône.
How do you pronounce "Azergues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Azergues" is \a.zɛʁɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Azergues" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list