beacon
The verdict
“beacon” is uncommon French (frequency #50,668 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,668
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gyrophare.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beacon · beacon · French
beacon · rank #50,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,668
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH battes
Nearest frequency peer: battes (-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 « beacon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Barkley
Barkley
49,336 corpus weight
- barret
barret
49,335 corpus weight
- battes
battes
49,334 corpus weight
- beacon
beacon
49,333 corpus weight
- benn
benn
49,332 corpus weight
- Bernhardt
Bernhardt
49,331 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « beacon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beacon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « beacon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
beacon is uncommon French at frequency #50,668 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for beacon, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is beacon, spelled B-E-A-C-O-N.
Definition
- 1Gyrophare.
- 2Balise, fanal, phare.
- 3Capteur Bluetooth.
- 4Ce qui indique un danger, ou la voie à suivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beacon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the dark night of galactic despostism, our federation remain and will stay a beacon of liberty.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).