waterfront
\ˈwɔ.tə(ɹ).ˌfɹʌnt\
The verdict
“waterfront” is uncommon French (frequency #85,380 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,380
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-waterfront · waterfront · French
waterfront · rank #85,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,380
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH wapiti
Nearest frequency peer: wapiti (-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 « waterfront »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vrak
vrak
14,627 corpus weight
- wapiti
wapiti
14,622 corpus weight
- waterfront
waterfront
14,621 corpus weight
- weld
weld
14,619 corpus weight
- Wevelgem
Wevelgem
14,618 corpus weight
- WF
WF
14,617 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « waterfront » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waterfront |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈwɔ.tə(ɹ).ˌfɹʌnt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #85,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « waterfront » en français
Rare enough to double-check
waterfront is uncommon French at frequency #85,380 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈwɔ.tə(ɹ).ˌfɹʌnt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Berge.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for waterfront, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is waterfront, spelled W-A-T-E-R-F-R-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Berge.
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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