scalaire

\ska.lɛʁ\

/\ska.lɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“scalaire” is uncommon French (frequency #58,257 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,257
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson au corps aplati, aux grandes nageoires, fréquent dans les aquariums.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scalaire · scalaire · French

scalaire · rank #58,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,257
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH saurel

Nearest frequency peer: saurel (-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 « scalaire »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scalaire
PropertyValue
Headwordscalaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ska.lɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « scalaire » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.scalairetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#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: « saurel » (#58,256), « saupoudrer » (#58,255), « Schrader » (#58,259). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scalaire » est au #58,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scalaire is uncommon French at frequency #58,257 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ska.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for scalaire in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is scalaire, spelled S-C-A-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poisson au corps aplati, aux grandes nageoires, fréquent dans les aquariums.
  2. 2
    Mollusque carnivore dont la jolie coquille présente des côtes.
  3. 3
    Élément par lequel on peut multiplier les vecteurs d’un espace vectoriel.
  4. 4
    Nombre réel dont la valeur est identique quelle que soit la base dans laquelle il est défini (exemple : norme, contre exemple : composante d’un vecteur).
  5. 5
    Grandeur scalaire, caractérisée par un seul nombre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On peut également sentir la correspondance entre scalaire et nombre au lycée, par le biais des produits scalaires, que l'on différencie du produit vectoriel, par la nature des résultats.

This word in other languages

angelfish(English)escalar(Español)escalar(Português)

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 "scalaire"?
"scalaire" is spelled S-C-A-L-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ska.lɛʁ\.
What does "scalaire" mean?
As a noun, "scalaire" means: Poisson au corps aplati, aux grandes nageoires, fréquent dans les aquariums.
How do you pronounce "scalaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scalaire" is \ska.lɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scalaire" come from?
"scalaire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schrader#58,259scoliose#58,260saignait#58,249Simonnet#58,268

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list