Sweden
\ˈswi:.dən\
The verdict
“Sweden” is uncommon French (frequency #52,380 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,380
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suède : pays d'Europe ayant pour capitale Stockholm.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sweden · Sweden · French
Sweden · rank #52,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,380
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Swanson
Nearest frequency peer: Swanson (-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 « Sweden »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- surabondance
surabondance
47,625 corpus weight
- surnommés
surnommés
47,623 corpus weight
- Swanson
Swanson
47,622 corpus weight
- Sweden
Sweden
47,621 corpus weight
- syndicalisa…
syndicalisation
47,619 corpus weight
- synthétiseur
synthétiseur
47,618 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sweden » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sweden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈswi:.dən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Sweden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Sweden is uncommon French at frequency #52,380 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈswi:.dən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suède : pays d'Europe ayant pour capitale Stockholm.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Sweden in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Sweden, spelled S-W-E-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Suède : pays d'Europe ayant pour capitale Stockholm.
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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