WEIs
\wɛj\
The verdict
“WEIs” is uncommon French (frequency #97,554 among 27,995 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,554
- frequency rank, French
- 27,995
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de WEI.
Corpus desk
Index FR-weis · WEIs · French
WEIs · rank #97,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,554
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,995
- PHOTO-FINISH warlock
Nearest frequency peer: warlock (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “WEIs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wahoo
wahoo
2,451 corpus weight
- Walhalla
Walhalla
2,450 corpus weight
- warlock
warlock
2,449 corpus weight
- WEIs
WEIs
2,447 corpus weight
- wey
wey
2,445 corpus weight
- wildcat
wildcat
2,444 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “WEIs” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | WEIs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wɛj\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “WEIs” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
WEIs is uncommon French at frequency #97,554 among 27,995 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de WEI.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for WEIs, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 WEIs, spelled W-E-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de WEI.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.