squadron
\ˈskwɒd.ɹən\
The verdict
“squadron” is uncommon French (frequency #76,145 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,145
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escadre (de vaisseaux de guerre).
Corpus desk
Index FR-squadron · squadron · French
squadron · rank #76,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,145
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH squatters
Nearest frequency peer: squatters (+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 « squadron »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- spear
spear
23,860 corpus weight
- spit
spit
23,859 corpus weight
- Sprache
Sprache
23,858 corpus weight
- squadron
squadron
23,856 corpus weight
- squatters
squatters
23,855 corpus weight
- starship
starship
23,854 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « squadron » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | squadron |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈskwɒd.ɹən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « squadron » en français
Rare enough to double-check
squadron is uncommon French at frequency #76,145 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈskwɒd.ɹən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for squadron in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is squadron, spelled S-Q-U-A-D-R-O-N.
Definition
- 1Escadre (de vaisseaux de guerre).
- 2Escadron (escadron d'avions de combate, de cuirassiers).
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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