scroll

\skʁɔl\

/\skʁɔl\/ noun

The verdict

“scroll” is uncommon French (frequency #62,626 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,626
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Type de compresseur mécanique en forme de spirale double.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scroll · scroll · French

scroll · rank #62,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,626
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH scholl

Nearest frequency peer: scholl (-2 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 « scroll »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scroll » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for scroll
PropertyValue
Headwordscroll
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\skʁɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,626
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « scroll » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).scrolltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « scholl » (#62,624), « seco » (#62,628), « schelling » (#62,623). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scroll » est au #62,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

scroll is uncommon French at frequency #62,626 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \skʁɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for scroll, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is scroll, spelled S-C-R-O-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Type de compresseur mécanique en forme de spirale double.
  2. 2
    Sorte d’excentrique utilisé dans les commandes mécaniques des machines-outils.
  3. 3
    Défilement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how scroll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sur cet arbre sont fixés les deux scrolls 147-147’ et le contre-scroll 148 de rentrée, qui sont des sortes d’excentriques à gorges, dans lesquels passent des câbles qui sont reliés au chariot ….

Synonyms

arbre de main douce

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scroll"?
"scroll" is spelled S-C-R-O-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is \skʁɔl\.
What does "scroll" mean?
As a noun, "scroll" means: Type de compresseur mécanique en forme de spirale double.
How do you pronounce "scroll"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scroll" is \skʁɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "scroll" come from?
"scroll" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scroll", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list