scary
\ˈskɛɹi\
The verdict
“scary” is uncommon French (frequency #71,902 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,902
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Effrayant, angoissant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scary · scary · French
scary · rank #71,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,902
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH savarin
Nearest frequency peer: savarin (-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 « scary »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- satiné
satiné
28,102 corpus weight
- saunas
saunas
28,101 corpus weight
- savarin
savarin
28,100 corpus weight
- scary
scary
28,099 corpus weight
- scat
scat
28,098 corpus weight
- scholastique
scholastique
28,097 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scary » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scary |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈskɛɹi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scary » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scary is uncommon French at frequency #71,902 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈskɛɹi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Effrayant, angoissant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scary, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is scary, spelled S-C-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Effrayant, angoissant.
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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