Elsass
\ˈɛlzas\
The verdict
“Elsass” is uncommon French (frequency #94,747 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,747
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alsace (région française).
Corpus desk
Index FR-elsass · Elsass · French
Elsass · rank #94,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,747
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Eisen
Nearest frequency peer: Eisen (-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 « Elsass »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déterminist…
déterministes
5,258 corpus weight
- Eisen
Eisen
5,255 corpus weight
- Elsass
Elsass
5,254 corpus weight
- embase
embase
5,252 corpus weight
- embauchera
embauchera
5,251 corpus weight
- embauchées
embauchées
5,250 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Elsass » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Elsass |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈɛlzas\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #94,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Elsass » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Elsass is uncommon French at frequency #94,747 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈɛlzas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alsace (région française).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Elsass, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Elsass, spelled E-L-S-A-S-S.
Definition
- 1Alsace (région française).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Elsass appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie brachten vierzehn Tage im Elsaß zu, wobei ununterbrochen gegessen wurde: die Brüder erzählten sich zotige Geschichten im Elsässer Dialekt; von Zeit zu Zeit wandte sich der Pastor an Louise und übersetzte ihr, aus christlicher Nächstenliebe, diese Geschichten.
Synonyms
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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