umbrella
\ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə\
The verdict
“umbrella” is uncommon French (frequency #53,048 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,048
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parapluie (pour se protéger de la pluie).
Corpus desk
Index FR-umbrella · umbrella · French
umbrella · rank #53,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,048
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH ugly
Nearest frequency peer: ugly (-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 « umbrella »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- témérité
témérité
46,956 corpus weight
- ubuesque
ubuesque
46,955 corpus weight
- ugly
ugly
46,954 corpus weight
- umbrella
umbrella
46,953 corpus weight
- vals
vals
46,951 corpus weight
- Vanuatu
Vanuatu
46,950 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « umbrella » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umbrella |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « umbrella » en français
Rare enough to double-check
umbrella is uncommon French at frequency #53,048 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
umbrella doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is umbrella, spelled U-M-B-R-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Parapluie (pour se protéger de la pluie).
- 2Ombrelle (pour se protéger du soleil).
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).