weld

\wɛld\

/\wɛld\/ verb

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The verdict

“weld” is uncommon French (frequency #85,382 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,382
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-weld · weld · French

weld · rank #85,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,382
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wevelgem

Nearest frequency peer: Wevelgem (+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 « weld »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « weld » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for weld
PropertyValue
Headwordweld
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\wɛld\
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « weld » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).weldtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Wevelgem » (#85,383), « waterfront » (#85,380), « WF » (#85,384). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « weld » est au #85,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

weld is uncommon French at frequency #85,382 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \wɛld\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souder.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for weld, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is weld, spelled W-E-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souder.

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 "weld"?
"weld" is spelled W-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is \wɛld\.
What does "weld" mean?
As a verb, "weld" means: Souder.
How do you pronounce "weld"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weld" is \wɛld\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "weld" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "weld", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

WNBA#85,389vrak#85,374vici#85,371tuna#85,344

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list