scholar
\skɔ.laʁ\
The verdict
“scholar” is uncommon French (frequency #52,984 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,984
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Humaniste, homme versé dans l'étude des langues classiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scholar · scholar · French
scholar · rank #52,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,984
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH schizo
Nearest frequency peer: schizo (-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 « scholar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- satellitaire
satellitaire
47,020 corpus weight
- sauvegardés
sauvegardés
47,019 corpus weight
- schizo
schizo
47,018 corpus weight
- scholar
scholar
47,017 corpus weight
- scoot
scoot
47,016 corpus weight
- scénar
scénar
47,015 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scholar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scholar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skɔ.laʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scholar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scholar is uncommon French at frequency #52,984 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \skɔ.laʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
scholar has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is scholar, spelled S-C-H-O-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Humaniste, homme versé dans l'étude des langues classiques.
- 2Homme de collège (school) ou qui en a conservé les habitudes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scholar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La première fois que Leslie me présenta à elle, il crut devoir me dire que Mme Jenkins n'était point un scholar, voulant exprimer par là qu'elle ne savait pas lire.
En se référant aux travaux des scholars, nous constatons qu'il existe différents facteurs explicatifs de ce phénomène.
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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