farandole
\fa.ʁɑ̃.dɔl\
The verdict
“farandole” is uncommon French (frequency #55,961 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,961
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de danse provençale, que plusieurs personnes exécutent en se tenant par la main et en formant une chaîne ^([3]).
Corpus desk
Index FR-farandole · farandole · French
farandole · rank #55,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,961
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH fantasio
Nearest frequency peer: fantasio (-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 « farandole »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fada
fada
44,043 corpus weight
- fanboy
fanboy
44,042 corpus weight
- fantasio
fantasio
44,041 corpus weight
- farandole
farandole
44,040 corpus weight
- Faustin
Faustin
44,039 corpus weight
- Fell
Fell
44,038 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « farandole » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | farandole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fa.ʁɑ̃.dɔl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « farandole » en français
Rare enough to double-check
farandole is uncommon French at frequency #55,961 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \fa.ʁɑ̃.dɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for farandole in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is farandole, spelled F-A-R-A-N-D-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de danse provençale, que plusieurs personnes exécutent en se tenant par la main et en formant une chaîne ^([3]).
- 2Ensemble d’objets ou de sensations qui se succèdent en enfilade comme dans une farandole.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how farandole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Danser une farandole.
Alors, je chantai la farandole, et je me mis à danser au soleil…
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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