Scorpius
\ˈskɔːpɪəs\
The verdict
“Scorpius” is uncommon French (frequency #96,369 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,369
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Scorpion (constellation et signe du zodiaque).
Corpus desk
Index FR-scorpius · Scorpius · French
Scorpius · rank #96,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,369
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scolairement
Nearest frequency peer: scolairement (-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 « Scorpius »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- schon
schon
3,636 corpus weight
- sclérosée
sclérosée
3,634 corpus weight
- scolairement
scolairement
3,633 corpus weight
- Scorpius
Scorpius
3,632 corpus weight
- Seberg
Seberg
3,631 corpus weight
- semen
semen
3,628 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Scorpius » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scorpius |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈskɔːpɪəs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Scorpius » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Scorpius is uncommon French at frequency #96,369 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈskɔːpɪəs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Scorpion (constellation et signe du zodiaque).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Scorpius, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Scorpius, spelled S-C-O-R-P-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Scorpion (constellation et signe du zodiaque).
Synonyms
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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