fractionnaire
\fʁak.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“fractionnaire” is uncommon French (frequency #94,822 among 3,276 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,822
- frequency rank, French
- 3,276
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est présenté sous la forme d’une fraction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fractionnaire · fractionnaire · French
fractionnaire · rank #94,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,822
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,276
- PHOTO-FINISH FPGA
Nearest frequency peer: FPGA (-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 « fractionnaire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- fondit
fondit
5,183 corpus weight
- FPGA
FPGA
5,180 corpus weight
- fractionnai…
fractionnaire
5,179 corpus weight
- Franceschi
Franceschi
5,178 corpus weight
- franchissem…
franchissements
5,177 corpus weight
- Frenchman
Frenchman
5,176 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « fractionnaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fractionnaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fʁak.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #94,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fractionnaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fractionnaire is uncommon French at frequency #94,822 among 3,276 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fʁak.sjɔ.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est présenté sous la forme d’une fraction.".
fractionnaire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is fractionnaire, spelled F-R-A-C-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est présenté sous la forme d’une fraction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fractionnaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
16/8, 12/8 et 1/10 sont des nombres fractionnaires.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).