UML
\y.ɛm.ɛl\
The verdict
“UML” is uncommon French (frequency #71,986 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,986
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langage graphique de modélisation des données et des traitements.
Corpus desk
Index FR-uml · UML · French
UML · rank #71,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,986
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH unam
Nearest frequency peer: unam (+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 « UML »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ttes
ttes
28,019 corpus weight
- tâcherons
tâcherons
28,018 corpus weight
- UAI
UAI
28,017 corpus weight
- UML
UML
28,015 corpus weight
- unam
unam
28,014 corpus weight
- Unifrance
Unifrance
28,011 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « UML » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | UML |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ɛm.ɛl\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « UML » en français
Rare enough to double-check
UML is uncommon French at frequency #71,986 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ɛm.ɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Langage graphique de modélisation des données et des traitements.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for UML in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is UML, spelled U-M-L.
Definition
- 1Langage graphique de modélisation des données et des traitements.
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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