Phidias
\fi.djas\
The verdict
“Phidias” is uncommon French (frequency #92,041 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,041
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Célèbre sculpteur grec, contemporain de Périclès
Corpus desk
Index FR-phidias · Phidias · French
Phidias · rank #92,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,041
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH phalanstère
Nearest frequency peer: phalanstère (-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 « Phidias »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Perrette
Perrette
7,964 corpus weight
- pesanteurs
pesanteurs
7,962 corpus weight
- phalanstère
phalanstère
7,961 corpus weight
- Phidias
Phidias
7,960 corpus weight
- phlox
phlox
7,958 corpus weight
- phonologiqu…
phonologiques
7,957 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Phidias » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Phidias |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \fi.djas\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Phidias » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Phidias is uncommon French at frequency #92,041 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \fi.djas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Célèbre sculpteur grec, contemporain de Périclès".
No misspelling variants are generated for Phidias in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Phidias, spelled P-H-I-D-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1Célèbre sculpteur grec, contemporain de Périclès
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phidias appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un nez grec, comme dessiné par Phidias et réuni par un double arc à des lèvres élégamment sinueuses, spiritualisait son visage de forme ovale, et dont le teint, comparable au tissu des camélias blancs, se rougissait aux joues par de jolis tons roses.
La pauvre Hortense, croyant tenir un Phidias dans ses bras, avait pour son Wenceslas la lâcheté maternelle d’une femme qui pousse l’amour jusqu’à l’idolâtrie.
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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