ware
\wɛɚ\
The verdict
“ware” is uncommon French (frequency #50,009 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,009
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Denrée ; marchandise, bien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ware · ware · French
ware · rank #50,009 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,009
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH vétustes
Nearest frequency peer: vétustes (-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 « ware »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- voterait
voterait
49,996 corpus weight
- vroum
vroum
49,995 corpus weight
- vérifiables
vérifiables
49,994 corpus weight
- vétustes
vétustes
49,993 corpus weight
- ware
ware
49,992 corpus weight
- webradio
webradio
49,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ware » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ware |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wɛɚ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ware » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ware is uncommon French at frequency #50,009 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wɛɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Denrée ; marchandise, bien.".
ware has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ware, spelled W-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Denrée ; marchandise, bien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ware appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Please, sir. Won't you take a look at my wares?
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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