Rocamadour
\ʁɔ.ka.ma.duʁ\
The verdict
“Rocamadour” is uncommon French (frequency #59,603 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,603
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Lot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rocamadour · Rocamadour · French
Rocamadour · rank #59,603 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,603
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rinceaux
Nearest frequency peer: rinceaux (-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 « Rocamadour »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rigoriste
rigoriste
40,401 corpus weight
- riment
riment
40,400 corpus weight
- rinceaux
rinceaux
40,399 corpus weight
- Rocamadour
Rocamadour
40,398 corpus weight
- rosaces
rosaces
40,397 corpus weight
- récompensera
récompensera
40,394 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rocamadour » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rocamadour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.ka.ma.duʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rocamadour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rocamadour is uncommon French at frequency #59,603 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁɔ.ka.ma.duʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Lot.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rocamadour in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Rocamadour, spelled R-O-C-A-M-A-D-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Lot.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rocamadour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rocamadour : le Mont-Saint-Michel d’un océan de pierre et tout aussi émouvant que celui des flots.
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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