Wenceslas
The verdict
“Wenceslas” is uncommon French (frequency #62,717 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,717
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Venceslas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wenceslas · Wenceslas · French
Wenceslas · rank #62,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,717
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH Waffen
Nearest frequency peer: Waffen (-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 « Wenceslas »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vérificateu…
vérificateurs
37,287 corpus weight
- Vézina
Vézina
37,286 corpus weight
- Waffen
Waffen
37,285 corpus weight
- Wenceslas
Wenceslas
37,284 corpus weight
- Wenders
Wenders
37,283 corpus weight
- Whitehead
Whitehead
37,282 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Wenceslas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wenceslas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,717 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Wenceslas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Wenceslas is uncommon French at frequency #62,717 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Venceslas.".
Wenceslas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Wenceslas, spelled W-E-N-C-E-S-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Variante de Venceslas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wenceslas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La casside, ou poésie orientale, dont il s’agit (et qui, écrite en l’honneur d’un Polonais, le comte Wenceslas Rzewuski, est dédiée à un Russe, le littérateur Jean Kozlow] se termine par un superbe élan de l’âme, par l’immense cri de joie de l’homme qui peut respirer librement, dont la vue s’étend au large, dont rien ne gêne les mouvements ni n’arrête la…
Lisbeth répondit jésuitiquement à Wenceslas, que le créancier ne lui ayant fait que de vagues promesses, elle ne comptait l’aller délivrer que le lendemain, et que leur prêteur, honteux d’une ignoble persécution, avait sans doute pris les devants.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).