whig
\wiɡ\
The verdict
“whig” is uncommon French (frequency #87,256 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,256
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné aux membres du parti libéral en Angleterre du XVIIᵉ au XIXᵉ siècle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-whig · whig · French
whig · rank #87,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,256
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH Welle
Nearest frequency peer: Welle (-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 « whig »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vraisemblab…
vraisemblables
12,749 corpus weight
- warrants
warrants
12,747 corpus weight
- Welle
Welle
12,746 corpus weight
- whig
whig
12,745 corpus weight
- whom
whom
12,744 corpus weight
- wieder
wieder
12,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « whig » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wiɡ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #87,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « whig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
whig is uncommon French at frequency #87,256 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wiɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
whig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is whig, spelled W-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1Nom donné aux membres du parti libéral en Angleterre du XVIIᵉ au XIXᵉ siècle.
- 2Nom donné aux membres du parti libéral aux États-Unis d’Amérique au XIXᵉ siècle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how whig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ont suivi en cela les conseils de l’immortel Grattan, de ne jamais s’immiscer dans les partis des whigs et des torys.
Quoique appartenant, par ses principes politiques, au parti whig ou de l’opposition, John Tyler était hostile à la banque des États-Unis.
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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