falcons

\fal.kɔ̃\

/\fal.kɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“falcons” is uncommon French (frequency #56,595 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,595
frequency rank, French
3,276
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de falcon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-falcons · falcons · French

falcons · rank #56,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,595
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,276
  • PHOTO-FINISH externat

Nearest frequency peer: externat (-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 « falcons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « falcons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for falcons
PropertyValue
Headwordfalcons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fal.kɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,595
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « falcons » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).falconstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « externat » (#56,594), « fardeaux » (#56,596), « expérimentent » (#56,593). Parmi 3,276 lemmes en « F », « falcons » est au #56,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

falcons is uncommon French at frequency #56,595 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fal.kɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de falcon.".

falcons has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is falcons, spelled F-A-L-C-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de falcon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how falcons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Exemples : un baryton qui chante les ténors, une basse chantante qui pousse les basses, un ténor d’opéra-comique qui chante les ténors de traduction ou les forts ténors, une soprano qui chante les falcons, une mezzo qui chante les contraltos, une soprano qui chante les mezzos, etc.

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 "falcons"?
"falcons" is spelled F-A-L-C-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \fal.kɔ̃\.
What does "falcons" mean?
As a noun, "falcons" means: Pluriel de falcon.
How do you pronounce "falcons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "falcons" is \fal.kɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "falcons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "falcons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exclama#56,591eternal#56,589forçage#56,604fruités#56,609

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list