Firth
The verdict
“Firth” is uncommon French (frequency #54,591 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,591
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-firth · Firth · French
Firth · rank #54,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,591
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH finitude
Nearest frequency peer: finitude (-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 « Firth »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- filmes
filmes
45,413 corpus weight
- financeurs
financeurs
45,412 corpus weight
- finitude
finitude
45,411 corpus weight
- Firth
Firth
45,410 corpus weight
- fla
fla
45,409 corpus weight
- FLAC
FLAC
45,408 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Firth » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Firth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Firth » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Firth is uncommon French at frequency #54,591 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Firth in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Firth, spelled F-I-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Firth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette comédie irlandaise grinçante, emmenée par Colin Firth, sera en lice dans pas moins de huit catégories, au cours de la prestigieuse cérémonie, qui se tiendra le 10 janvier prochain.
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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