Phœnix
\fe.niks\
The verdict
“Phœnix” is uncommon French (frequency #58,163 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,163
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Graphie francisée du nom de la ville américaine de Phoenix, en Arizona.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ph-nix · Phœnix · French
Phœnix · rank #58,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,163
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH phénol
Nearest frequency peer: phénol (-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 « Phœnix »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- photomontage
photomontage
41,841 corpus weight
- phy
phy
41,840 corpus weight
- phénol
phénol
41,839 corpus weight
- Phœnix
Phœnix
41,838 corpus weight
- picnic
picnic
41,837 corpus weight
- plafonnée
plafonnée
41,836 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Phœnix » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phœnix |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fe.niks\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Phœnix » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Phœnix is uncommon French at frequency #58,163 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fe.niks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Graphie francisée du nom de la ville américaine de Phoenix, en Arizona.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Phœnix in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Phœnix, spelled P-H-Œ-N-I-X.
Definition
- 1Graphie francisée du nom de la ville américaine de Phoenix, en Arizona.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phœnix appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Madame X, âgée de 32 ans, mariée, venant de Phœnix, Arizona, me fut envoyée par son médecin […] Ce sont MM. les docteurs HN Hughes, de Phœnix, Arizona […]
[…] consultés à Phœnix.
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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