Speer
\ʃpeɐ̯\
The verdict
“Speer” is uncommon French (frequency #65,535 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,535
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Javelot.
Corpus desk
Index FR-speer · Speer · French
Speer · rank #65,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,535
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH spade
Nearest frequency peer: spade (-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 « Speer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- soutiré
soutiré
34,468 corpus weight
- spade
spade
34,467 corpus weight
- Speer
Speer
34,466 corpus weight
- spiruline
spiruline
34,465 corpus weight
- SPL
SPL
34,464 corpus weight
- spoliés
spoliés
34,463 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Speer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Speer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃpeɐ̯\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Speer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Speer is uncommon French at frequency #65,535 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃpeɐ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Speer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Speer, spelled S-P-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1Javelot.
- 2Lance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Speer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat den Hirsch eigenhändig mit dem Speer erlegt.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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