scalaire
\ska.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“scalaire” is an uncommon French word, ranked #58,257 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,257
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Poisson au corps aplati, aux grandes nageoires, fréquent dans les aquariums.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scalaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ska.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,257 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “scalaire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for scalaire is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ska.lɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #58,257 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Poisson au corps aplati, aux grandes nageoires, fréquent dans les aquariums.
- 2Mollusque carnivore dont la jolie coquille présente des côtes.
- 3Élément par lequel on peut multiplier les vecteurs d’un espace vectoriel.
- 4Nombre réel dont la valeur est identique quelle que soit la base dans laquelle il est défini (exemple : norme, contre exemple : composante d’un vecteur).
- 5Grandeur scalaire, caractérisée par un seul nombre.
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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Using “scalaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-C-A-L-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ska.lɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.