Wotan
The verdict
“Wotan” is uncommon French (frequency #78,059 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,059
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le dieu nordique Odin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wotan · Wotan · French
Wotan · rank #78,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,059
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH Wissam
Nearest frequency peer: Wissam (-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 « Wotan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Wednesday
Wednesday
21,947 corpus weight
- Wissam
Wissam
21,943 corpus weight
- Wotan
Wotan
21,942 corpus weight
- wraith
wraith
21,941 corpus weight
- xhosa
xhosa
21,939 corpus weight
- yana
yana
21,938 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Wotan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wotan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #78,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Wotan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Wotan is uncommon French at frequency #78,059 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Le dieu nordique Odin.".
Wotan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Wotan, spelled W-O-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Le dieu nordique Odin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wotan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’aperçus Moïse. Il était coiffé un peu à la manière de Walt Whitman et ressemblait à un magnifique personnage de théâtre. S’appuyant sur son long bâton, il avançait, tel Wotan, l’air fougueux et sombre, conduisant son peuple à travers le désert.
Et soudain un corbeau se posa sur la route, puis un autre, et nous décidâmes que c'étaient Hugin et Mumin, les deux corbeaux que Wotan envoie du Walhalla pour lui rapporter des nouvelles de la terre ; un coup terrible ébranla l'atmosphère : Hugin et Mumin n'étaient plus.
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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