weise

noun

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The verdict

“weise” is uncommon French (frequency #68,739 among 27,995 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,739
frequency rank, French
27,995
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Motte.

Key facts for weise
PropertyValue
Headwordweise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,739
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “weise” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). weise lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

weise is uncommon French at frequency #68,739 among 27,995 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Motte.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for weise in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 weise, spelled W-E-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Motte.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "weise"?
"weise" is spelled W-E-I-S-E.
What does "weise" mean?
As a noun, "weise" means: Motte.
What language does "weise" come from?
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Using “weise”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is W-E-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list