squire
\skwajʁ\
The verdict
“squire” is uncommon French (frequency #89,197 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,197
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriétaire foncier ou châtelain, en Angleterre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-squire · squire · French
squire · rank #89,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,197
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH sponso
Nearest frequency peer: sponso (-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 « squire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- speedway
speedway
10,807 corpus weight
- sponso
sponso
10,805 corpus weight
- squire
squire
10,804 corpus weight
- srx
srx
10,803 corpus weight
- Standish
Standish
10,802 corpus weight
- stap
stap
10,801 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « squire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | squire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skwajʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « squire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
squire is uncommon French at frequency #89,197 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \skwajʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propriétaire foncier ou châtelain, en Angleterre.".
squire has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is squire, spelled S-Q-U-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Propriétaire foncier ou châtelain, en Angleterre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how squire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hâtons-nous d’ajouter que Murph était Anglais gentilhomme (squire), mais non fermier.
Au début de ce siècle, le squire’ de Carbury était un homme important, sinon dans son comté, du moins dans son coin du comté.
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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