Erevan
\e.ʁe.van\
The verdict
“Erevan” is uncommon French (frequency #53,933 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,933
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’Arménie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erevan · Erevan · French
Erevan · rank #53,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,933
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH entry
Nearest frequency peer: entry (-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 « Erevan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- empêches
empêches
46,072 corpus weight
- enrobés
enrobés
46,071 corpus weight
- entry
entry
46,070 corpus weight
- Erevan
Erevan
46,068 corpus weight
- errances
errances
46,066 corpus weight
- espadon
espadon
46,064 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Erevan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erevan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.ʁe.van\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Erevan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Erevan is uncommon French at frequency #53,933 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.ʁe.van\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Erevan, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Erevan, spelled E-R-E-V-A-N.
Definition
- 1Capitale de l’Arménie.
- 2Gouvernement arménien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erevan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des milliers d’Arméniens ont défilé hier, des bougies et des fleurs è la main, à Erevan pour commémorer le 106e anniversaire des massacres d’Arméniens par l’empire ottoman pendant la première guerre mondiale.
Mardi, Erevan (Arménie) a dénoncé une « agression » après un « bombardement intensif, contre des positions militaires arméniennes ».
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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