wizard
\ˈwɪz.əd\
The verdict
“wizard” is uncommon French (frequency #54,336 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,336
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorcier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wizard · wizard · French
wizard · rank #54,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,336
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH wir
Nearest frequency peer: wir (-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 « wizard »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Wessex
Wessex
45,668 corpus weight
- winch
winch
45,667 corpus weight
- wir
wir
45,666 corpus weight
- wizard
wizard
45,665 corpus weight
- Xerxès
Xerxès
45,663 corpus weight
- Yanis
Yanis
45,662 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « wizard » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wizard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈwɪz.əd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wizard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wizard is uncommon French at frequency #54,336 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈwɪz.əd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wizard in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is wizard, spelled W-I-Z-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Sorcier.
- 2Assistant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wizard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Wizard of Oz.
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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