Wikisource

\wi.ki.suʁs\

/\wi.ki.suʁs\/ name

The verdict

“Wikisource” is uncommon French (frequency #94,396 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,396
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Projet de bibliothèque numérique, soutenu par la fondation Wikimedia.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wikisource · Wikisource · French

Wikisource · rank #94,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,396
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH wendigo

Nearest frequency peer: wendigo (-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 « Wikisource »

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 « Wikisource » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wikisource
PropertyValue
HeadwordWikisource
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\wi.ki.suʁs\
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,396
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Wikisource » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « wendigo » (#94,395), « Wissant » (#94,397), « Woippy » (#94,398). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wikisource » est au #94,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wikisource is uncommon French at frequency #94,396 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \wi.ki.suʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Projet de bibliothèque numérique, soutenu par la fondation Wikimedia.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Wikisource in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Wikisource, spelled W-I-K-I-S-O-U-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Projet de bibliothèque numérique, soutenu par la fondation Wikimedia.

This word in other languages

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 "Wikisource"?
"Wikisource" is spelled W-I-K-I-S-O-U-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \wi.ki.suʁs\.
What does "Wikisource" mean?
As a proper noun, "Wikisource" means: Projet de bibliothèque numérique, soutenu par la fondation Wikimedia.
How do you pronounce "Wikisource"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wikisource" is \wi.ki.suʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wikisource" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list