Moloch
\mɔ.lɔk\
The verdict
“Moloch” is uncommon French (frequency #62,453 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,453
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dieu auquel les Ammonites, une ethnie cananéenne, sacrifiaient leurs premier-nés en les jetant dans un brasier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-moloch · Moloch · French
Moloch · rank #62,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,453
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH moelleuse
Nearest frequency peer: moelleuse (-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 « Moloch »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- missionné
missionné
37,551 corpus weight
- Miyamoto
Miyamoto
37,550 corpus weight
- moelleuse
moelleuse
37,549 corpus weight
- Moloch
Moloch
37,548 corpus weight
- monteront
monteront
37,547 corpus weight
- montèrent
montèrent
37,546 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Moloch » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moloch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.lɔk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Moloch » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Moloch is uncommon French at frequency #62,453 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.lɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Moloch has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Moloch, spelled M-O-L-O-C-H.
Definition
- 1Dieu auquel les Ammonites, une ethnie cananéenne, sacrifiaient leurs premier-nés en les jetant dans un brasier.
- 2Genre qui comprend une espèce, le moloch (Moloch horridus), une espèce de lézard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Moloch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les vrais dieux antiques sont certainement Baal et l’affreux Moloch, voilà des dieux naturels ! … Baal dieu des jouissances, Moloch dieu des tortures.
– Toutes ces fourmis noires, gargouillantes de café-crème, qui s’engloutissent chaque matin dans les bouches du métro comme les Carthaginois dans la gueule du Moloch, vous ont donné mauvaise conscience…
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).