égyptologie
\e.ʒip.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
The verdict
“égyptologie” is uncommon French (frequency #91,320 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,320
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Branche de l’archéologie se préoccupant des antiquités égyptiennes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egyptologie · égyptologie · French
égyptologie · rank #91,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,320
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH égaye
Nearest frequency peer: égaye (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “égyptologie”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- écrases
écrases
8,684 corpus weight
- édulcorer
édulcorer
8,683 corpus weight
- égaye
égaye
8,682 corpus weight
- égyptologie
égyptologie
8,681 corpus weight
- élabora
élabora
8,680 corpus weight
- émigrée
émigrée
8,677 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “égyptologie” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | égyptologie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʒip.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #91,320 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “égyptologie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
égyptologie is uncommon French at frequency #91,320 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʒip.tɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Branche de l’archéologie se préoccupant des antiquités égyptiennes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for égyptologie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is égyptologie, spelled É-G-Y-P-T-O-L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Branche de l’archéologie se préoccupant des antiquités égyptiennes.
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "égyptologie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.