Azincourt
\a.zɛ̃.kuʁ\
The verdict
“Azincourt” is uncommon French (frequency #67,308 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,308
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-azincourt · Azincourt · French
Azincourt · rank #67,308 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,308
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH Aymen
Nearest frequency peer: Aymen (-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 « Azincourt »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- avoisinent
avoisinent
32,697 corpus weight
- Avre
Avre
32,696 corpus weight
- aware
aware
32,695 corpus weight
- Aymen
Aymen
32,694 corpus weight
- Azincourt
Azincourt
32,693 corpus weight
- balustrades
balustrades
32,691 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Azincourt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Azincourt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.zɛ̃.kuʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Azincourt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Azincourt is uncommon French at frequency #67,308 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.zɛ̃.kuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Azincourt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Azincourt, spelled A-Z-I-N-C-O-U-R-T.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Pas-de-Calais.
- 2Bataille qui s’y déroula.
- 3Section de la commune de Aniche, dans le département du Nord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Azincourt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le XVᵉ siècle apparaît affolé, dès sa naissance. Il semble que la démence de Charles VI se propage ; c’est l’invasion anglaise, […] la débâcle d’Azincourt […]
Ce ne fut, dit Hallam, ni la noblesse d’Angleterre, ni ses vassaux qui gagnèrent les batailles de Crécy, de Poitiers et d’Azincourt : […] ; mais ce furent les yeomans qui tiraient l’arbalète d’un bras sûr et nerveux, […].
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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