Janowski
The verdict
“Janowski” is uncommon French (frequency #98,122 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,122
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-janowski · Janowski · French
Janowski · rank #98,122 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,122
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Jahrhunderts
Nearest frequency peer: Jahrhunderts (-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 « Janowski »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- jacobite
jacobite
1,882 corpus weight
- Jahan
Jahan
1,881 corpus weight
- Jahrhunderts
Jahrhunderts
1,880 corpus weight
- Janowski
Janowski
1,879 corpus weight
- jardineries
jardineries
1,878 corpus weight
- Jarez
Jarez
1,877 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Janowski » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Janowski |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Janowski » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Janowski is uncommon French at frequency #98,122 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Janowski, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Janowski, spelled J-A-N-O-W-S-K-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Janowski appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stanisław Janowski.
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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