Janusz
The verdict
“Janusz” is uncommon French (frequency #74,113 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,113
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin d’origine polonaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-janusz · Janusz · French
Janusz · rank #74,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,113
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH jarrets
Nearest frequency peer: jarrets (+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 « Janusz »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inénarrable
inénarrable
25,894 corpus weight
- Ivanovitch
Ivanovitch
25,891 corpus weight
- Janusz
Janusz
25,888 corpus weight
- jarrets
jarrets
25,887 corpus weight
- JSON
JSON
25,884 corpus weight
- Juninho
Juninho
25,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Janusz » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Janusz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Janusz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Janusz is uncommon French at frequency #74,113 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin d’origine polonaise.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Janusz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Janusz, spelled J-A-N-U-S-Z.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin d’origine polonaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Janusz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Une stratégie européenne des protéines sera lancée au premier trimestre 2024 », vient d’annoncer le commissaire européen à l’Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski.
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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