Wort

\vɔʁt\

/\vɔʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“Wort” is uncommon French (frequency #89,314 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,314
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wort · Wort · French

Wort · rank #89,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,314
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH workshops

Nearest frequency peer: workshops (-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 « Wort »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wort
PropertyValue
HeadwordWort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɔʁt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#89,314
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Wort » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Worttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « workshops » (#89,313), « worthy » (#89,315), « Wolverhampton » (#89,312). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wort » est au #89,314. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wort is uncommon French at frequency #89,314 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɔʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mot.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Wort in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Wort, spelled W-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mot.

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 "Wort"?
"Wort" is spelled W-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔʁt\.
What does "Wort" mean?
As a noun, "Wort" means: Mot.
How do you pronounce "Wort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wort" is \vɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wort" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vons#89,301toga#89,252arie#89,396taba#89,230

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list