Wiesel
\vi.zəl\
The verdict
“Wiesel” is uncommon French (frequency #79,856 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,856
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille allemand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wiesel · Wiesel · French
Wiesel · rank #79,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,856
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH weapons
Nearest frequency peer: weapons (-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 « Wiesel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- waterman
waterman
20,148 corpus weight
- weapons
weapons
20,146 corpus weight
- Wiesel
Wiesel
20,145 corpus weight
- willing
willing
20,144 corpus weight
- wilt
wilt
20,143 corpus weight
- Wordsworth
Wordsworth
20,142 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Wiesel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wiesel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \vi.zəl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Wiesel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Wiesel is uncommon French at frequency #79,856 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vi.zəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille allemand.".
Wiesel has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Wiesel, spelled W-I-E-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille allemand.
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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