modales
\mɔ.dal\
The verdict
“modales” is uncommon French (frequency #96,138 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,138
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de modal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modales · modales · French
modales · rank #96,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,138
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mochi
Nearest frequency peer: mochi (-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 « modales »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- miséricordi…
miséricordieuse
3,866 corpus weight
- mobylettes
mobylettes
3,865 corpus weight
- mochi
mochi
3,864 corpus weight
- modales
modales
3,863 corpus weight
- modest
modest
3,862 corpus weight
- molla
molla
3,861 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « modales » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modales |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔ.dal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « modales » en français
Rare enough to double-check
modales is uncommon French at frequency #96,138 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔ.dal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de modal.".
modales has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is modales, spelled M-O-D-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de modal.
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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