unexpected
\ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd\
The verdict
“unexpected” is uncommon French (frequency #86,284 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,284
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inattendu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-unexpected · unexpected · French
unexpected · rank #86,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,284
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH umi
Nearest frequency peer: umi (-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 « unexpected »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- UIC
UIC
13,722 corpus weight
- umi
umi
13,718 corpus weight
- unexpected
unexpected
13,717 corpus weight
- unidos
unidos
13,716 corpus weight
- useful
useful
13,715 corpus weight
- vabres
vabres
13,713 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « unexpected » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unexpected |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « unexpected » en français
Rare enough to double-check
unexpected is uncommon French at frequency #86,284 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inattendu.".
unexpected has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is unexpected, spelled U-N-E-X-P-E-C-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Inattendu.
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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