Scottish
\ˈskɒt.ɪʃ\
The verdict
“Scottish” is uncommon French (frequency #53,631 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,631
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écossais, relatif à l’Écosse, ses habitants, sa culture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scottish · Scottish · French
Scottish · rank #53,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,631
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scories
Nearest frequency peer: scories (-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 « Scottish »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Schweiz
Schweiz
46,373 corpus weight
- scolarisée
scolarisée
46,372 corpus weight
- scories
scories
46,371 corpus weight
- Scottish
Scottish
46,370 corpus weight
- sectionné
sectionné
46,369 corpus weight
- serruriers
serruriers
46,367 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Scottish » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Scottish |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈskɒt.ɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Scottish » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Scottish is uncommon French at frequency #53,631 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈskɒt.ɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écossais, relatif à l’Écosse, ses habitants, sa culture.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Scottish, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Scottish, spelled S-C-O-T-T-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Écossais, relatif à l’Écosse, ses habitants, sa culture.
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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