weak
\wiːk\
The verdict
“weak” is uncommon French (frequency #78,967 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,967
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faible.
Corpus desk
Index FR-weak · weak · French
weak · rank #78,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,967
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH Wandrille
Nearest frequency peer: Wandrille (-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 « weak »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- voiturettes
voiturettes
21,037 corpus weight
- vénériennes
vénériennes
21,036 corpus weight
- Wandrille
Wandrille
21,035 corpus weight
- weak
weak
21,034 corpus weight
- Werth
Werth
21,032 corpus weight
- worden
worden
21,030 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « weak » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weak |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \wiːk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « weak » en français
Rare enough to double-check
weak is uncommon French at frequency #78,967 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \wiːk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faible.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for weak, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is weak, spelled W-E-A-K.
Definition
- 1Faible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how weak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Resolute and wild of look, rapid of foot and yet weak and uncertain, conspicuously dressed in its black garments and with its hurried head-covering, gaunt and of an unearthly paleness, it pressed forward, taking no more heed of the throng than a sleep-walker. (Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens)
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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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