Phocas

Name: Phocas, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Phocas” is uncommon French (frequency #82,335 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,335
frequency rank, French: 6,826
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-phocas · Phocas · French

Phocas · rank #82,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #82,335
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,826
PHOTO-FINISH philologiques

Nearest frequency peer: philologiques (-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.

personnalise

17,670
philologiqu…

17,667
Phocas

17,666
piggy

17,665
pinon

17,664
plague

17,663

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Phocas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Key facts for Phocas
Property	Value
Headword	Phocas
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#82,335
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Phocas » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Phocastombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#82,335

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « philologiques » (#82,334), « piggy » (#82,336), « pinon » (#82,337). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Phocas » est au #82,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Phocas is uncommon French at frequency #82,335 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Phocas in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Phocas, spelled P-H-O-C-A-S.

Definition

1
Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Phocas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Saint Phocas de Sinople.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Phocas"?

"Phocas" is spelled P-H-O-C-A-S.

What does "Phocas" mean?

As a proper noun, "Phocas" means: Prénom masculin.

What language does "Phocas" come from?

"Phocas" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

Is PlainSpell free to use?

Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Phocas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plague#82,338 pliera#82,340 pernes#82,328 peinée#82,321