Scarlatti
The verdict
“Scarlatti” is uncommon French (frequency #79,725 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,725
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille italien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scarlatti · Scarlatti · French
Scarlatti · rank #79,725 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,725
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH saugrenu
Nearest frequency peer: saugrenu (-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 « Scarlatti »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sassy
Sassy
20,278 corpus weight
- saugrenu
saugrenu
20,277 corpus weight
- Scarlatti
Scarlatti
20,276 corpus weight
- schizophrén…
schizophrénique
20,275 corpus weight
- schola
schola
20,273 corpus weight
- scion
scion
20,272 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Scarlatti » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scarlatti |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,725 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Scarlatti » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Scarlatti is uncommon French at frequency #79,725 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille italien.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Scarlatti in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Scarlatti, spelled S-C-A-R-L-A-T-T-I.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille italien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Scarlatti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au fil des mois d’été, les visiteurs sont conviés à des concerts-rencontres sur une thématique instrumentale comme le clavecin ou encore l’orgue, ou bien sur les œuvres d’un compositeur comme Domenico Scarlatti, Olivier Messiaen ou Jean-Sébastien Bach.
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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