azul

\a.ˈθul\

/\a.ˈθul\/ adj

The verdict

“azul” is uncommon French (frequency #55,759 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,759
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bleu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-azul · azul · French

azul · rank #55,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,759
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH avertissent

Nearest frequency peer: avertissent (-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 « azul »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for azul
PropertyValue
Headwordazul
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.ˈθul\
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « azul » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « avertissent » (#55,758), « aérodynamiques » (#55,760), « available » (#55,757). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « azul » est au #55,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

azul is uncommon French at frequency #55,759 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.ˈθul\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bleu.".

azul doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is azul, spelled A-Z-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bleu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how azul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El mar es azul.
  2. Hay un suave murmullo En el silencio de una noche azul.

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 "azul"?
"azul" is spelled A-Z-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ˈθul\.
What does "azul" mean?
As an adjective, "azul" means: Bleu.
How do you pronounce "azul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "azul" is \a.ˈθul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "azul" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list