Samothrace
\sa.mɔ.tʁas\
The verdict
“Samothrace” is uncommon French (frequency #73,540 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,540
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île de Grèce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-samothrace · Samothrace · French
Samothrace · rank #73,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,540
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH saisissons
Nearest frequency peer: saisissons (-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 « Samothrace »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- saboteurs
saboteurs
26,464 corpus weight
- saccadée
saccadée
26,463 corpus weight
- saisissons
saisissons
26,462 corpus weight
- Samothrace
Samothrace
26,461 corpus weight
- saperlipope…
saperlipopette
26,460 corpus weight
- satanés
satanés
26,459 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Samothrace » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Samothrace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sa.mɔ.tʁas\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,540 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Samothrace » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Samothrace is uncommon French at frequency #73,540 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sa.mɔ.tʁas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Île de Grèce.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Samothrace in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Samothrace, spelled S-A-M-O-T-H-R-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Île de Grèce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Samothrace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que la fameuse île de Samothrace soit à l’embouchure de l’Hèbre, comme le disent tant de dictionnaires, ou qu’elle en soit à vingt milles, comme c’est la vérité, ce n’est pas ce que je recherche. Cette île fut longtemps la plus célèbre de tout l’Archipel, et même de toutes les îles. Ses dieux Cabires, ses hiérophantes, ses mystères, lui donnèrent autant d…
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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