Worcester
\wus.tœʁ\
The verdict
“Worcester” is uncommon French (frequency #61,229 among 27,995 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,229
- frequency rank, French
- 27,995
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville d’Angleterre située dans le Worcestershire, duquel elle est le chef-lieu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Worcester |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \wus.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Worcester” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Worcester is uncommon French at frequency #61,229 among 27,995 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \wus.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Worcester in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Worcester, spelled W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ville d’Angleterre située dans le Worcestershire, duquel elle est le chef-lieu.
- 2Ville du Cap-Occidental en Afrique du Sud.
- 3Ville du Massachusetts aux États-Unis.
- 4Comté du Massachusetts aux États-Unis.
- 5Ville de l’État de New York aux États-Unis.
- 6Ville du Vermont aux États-Unis.
- 7Ville du Wisconsin aux États-Unis.
- 8Comté du Maryland aux États-Unis.
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.
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Using “Worcester”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-O-R-C-E-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \wus.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.