Weygand
The verdict
“Weygand” is uncommon French (frequency #67,970 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,970
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-weygand · Weygand · French
Weygand · rank #67,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,970
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH whisper
Nearest frequency peer: whisper (+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 « Weygand »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- voyions
voyions
32,036 corpus weight
- végétarienn…
végétariennes
32,035 corpus weight
- Wahhabite
Wahhabite
32,034 corpus weight
- Weygand
Weygand
32,031 corpus weight
- whisper
whisper
32,030 corpus weight
- Winona
Winona
32,028 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Weygand » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weygand |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Weygand » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Weygand is uncommon French at frequency #67,970 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Weygand has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Weygand, spelled W-E-Y-G-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weygand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait même plus que de l’amitié entre eux, Foch considérait Weygand comme « son propre fils ».
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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