sordo
\ˈsoɾ.ðo\
The verdict
“sordo” is uncommon French (frequency #93,265 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,265
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sourd.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sordo · sordo · French
sordo · rank #93,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,265
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH solénoïde
Nearest frequency peer: solénoïde (-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 « sordo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- snapshot
snapshot
6,739 corpus weight
- solénoïde
solénoïde
6,737 corpus weight
- sordo
sordo
6,736 corpus weight
- souciera
souciera
6,735 corpus weight
- Soulac
Soulac
6,734 corpus weight
- soupçonnons
soupçonnons
6,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sordo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sordo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈsoɾ.ðo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sordo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sordo is uncommon French at frequency #93,265 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈsoɾ.ðo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sourd.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sordo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sordo, spelled S-O-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1Sourd.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sordo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Porque un miedo sordo e importante también empezó a cundir.
Antonyms
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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