copistes
\kɔ.pist\
The verdict
“copistes” is uncommon French (frequency #68,164 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,164
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de copiste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-copistes · copistes · French
copistes · rank #68,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,164
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH convenaient
Nearest frequency peer: convenaient (-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 « copistes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- contextuali…
contextualiser
31,841 corpus weight
- contextuel
contextuel
31,840 corpus weight
- convenaient
convenaient
31,838 corpus weight
- copistes
copistes
31,837 corpus weight
- coquettes
coquettes
31,836 corpus weight
- corroborée
corroborée
31,834 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « copistes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | copistes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.pist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « copistes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
copistes is uncommon French at frequency #68,164 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.pist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de copiste.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for copistes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is copistes, spelled C-O-P-I-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de copiste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how copistes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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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