universaux
\y.ni.vɛʁ.so\
The verdict
“universaux” is uncommon French (frequency #90,278 among 456 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,278
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Certaines idées générales, qui étaient le genre, la différence, l’espèce, le propre et l’accident.
Corpus desk
Index FR-universaux · universaux · French
universaux · rank #90,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,278
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH ulcérés
Nearest frequency peer: ulcérés (-2 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 « universaux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ula
ula
9,726 corpus weight
- ulcérés
ulcérés
9,725 corpus weight
- universaux
universaux
9,723 corpus weight
- uo
uo
9,721 corpus weight
- valons
valons
9,720 corpus weight
- valuation
valuation
9,719 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « universaux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | universaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ni.vɛʁ.so\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « universaux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
universaux is uncommon French at frequency #90,278 among 456 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ni.vɛʁ.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Certaines idées générales, qui étaient le genre, la différence, l’espèce, le propre et l’accident.".
universaux has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is universaux, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Certaines idées générales, qui étaient le genre, la différence, l’espèce, le propre et l’accident.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how universaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les conceptualistes, les universaux sont des abstracta formés par notre esprit en ne retenant d'un ensemble d'individus que les caractères qu'ils ont en commun.
[…] un Paris éternel, sans cesse renouvelé depuis les clercs du Moyen Age discutant des universaux (et David de Dinant n’est pas loin, criant dans les flammes) jusqu’aux jeunes hommes de nos jours échangeant leurs réflexions sur Heidegger ou sur Mao.
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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