Omeyyades
\ɔ.mɛj.jad\
The verdict
“Omeyyades” is uncommon French (frequency #91,996 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,996
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dynastie de califes qui gouvernèrent le monde musulman de 661 à 750.
Corpus desk
Index FR-omeyyades · Omeyyades · French
Omeyyades · rank #91,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,996
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH omri
Nearest frequency peer: omri (+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 « Omeyyades »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oliveraie
oliveraie
8,008 corpus weight
- Omeyyades
Omeyyades
8,005 corpus weight
- omri
omri
8,004 corpus weight
- onc
onc
8,003 corpus weight
- opens
opens
8,002 corpus weight
- opportunes
opportunes
8,001 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Omeyyades » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Omeyyades |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.mɛj.jad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Omeyyades » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Omeyyades is uncommon French at frequency #91,996 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɔ.mɛj.jad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dynastie de califes qui gouvernèrent le monde musulman de 661 à 750.".
Omeyyades doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Omeyyades, spelled O-M-E-Y-Y-A-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Dynastie de califes qui gouvernèrent le monde musulman de 661 à 750.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Omeyyades appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sous les Omeyyades, les Arabes ont créé, en moins d'un siècle, entre 660 et 750, les conditions dans lesquelles une civilisation islamique nouvelle a pu se développer dans les grands centres urbains du Proche-Orient ancien.
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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