ulster
\yl.stɛʁ\
The verdict
“ulster” is uncommon French (frequency #52,408 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,408
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pardessus en forme de robe de chambre dont la mode est venue d’Angleterre vers 1872.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ulster · ulster · French
ulster · rank #52,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,408
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH ung
Nearest frequency peer: ung (+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 « ulster »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- trilingue
trilingue
47,597 corpus weight
- téléchargés
téléchargés
47,595 corpus weight
- ulster
ulster
47,593 corpus weight
- ung
ung
47,592 corpus weight
- Uniqlo
Uniqlo
47,591 corpus weight
- urologie
urologie
47,590 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ulster » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ulster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \yl.stɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ulster » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ulster is uncommon French at frequency #52,408 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \yl.stɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pardessus en forme de robe de chambre dont la mode est venue d’Angleterre vers 1872.".
ulster has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ulster, spelled U-L-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pardessus en forme de robe de chambre dont la mode est venue d’Angleterre vers 1872.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ulster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aux jeunes gens empaquetés de nos jours dans les ulsters à la mode, il montrait son par-dessus serré à la taille.
Les Hollandais, s’ils vivaient de nos jours, ne tireraient certainement leurs tableaux que de la vie moderne, et ne s’arrêteraient pas pour si peu à la forme d’un raglan ou d’un ulster.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).