edelweiss
\e.dɛl.vajs\
The verdict
“edelweiss” is uncommon French (frequency #67,480 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,480
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de édelweiss.
Corpus desk
Index FR-edelweiss · edelweiss · French
edelweiss · rank #67,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,480
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Ecclésiaste
Nearest frequency peer: Ecclésiaste (-2 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 « edelweiss »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Eberhard
Eberhard
32,524 corpus weight
- Ecclésiaste
Ecclésiaste
32,523 corpus weight
- edelweiss
edelweiss
32,521 corpus weight
- EDP
EDP
32,519 corpus weight
- educational
educational
32,518 corpus weight
- effilées
effilées
32,517 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « edelweiss » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | edelweiss |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.dɛl.vajs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « edelweiss » en français
Rare enough to double-check
edelweiss is uncommon French at frequency #67,480 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.dɛl.vajs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de édelweiss.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for edelweiss in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is edelweiss, spelled E-D-E-L-W-E-I-S-S.
Definition
- 1Variante de édelweiss.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how edelweiss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Immanquables, des plantes protégées telles que le sabot de Vénus de la famille des Orchidacées, le chardon bleu des Alpes, mais aussi l’emblème de la Savoie, l’edelweiss, minuscule en haute montagne qui peut atteindre des proportions plus importantes en plaine.
Un edelweiss séché glissa d’une des enveloppes de rhodoïd et M. Abel le replaça avec des gestes précautionneux sur la photo aux vilaines couleurs qui lui servait de support : sur un vague fond de mosquée, trois militaires en calot et treillis se tenaient par l’épaule.
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 "edelweiss"?
What does "edelweiss" mean?
How do you pronounce "edelweiss"?
What language does "edelweiss" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "edelweiss", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).