wrestling
\ˈrɛs.lɪŋ\
The verdict
“wrestling” is uncommon French (frequency #67,975 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,975
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Catch.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wrestling · wrestling · French
wrestling · rank #67,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,975
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH Winona
Nearest frequency peer: Winona (-2 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 « wrestling »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Weygand
Weygand
32,031 corpus weight
- whisper
whisper
32,030 corpus weight
- Winona
Winona
32,028 corpus weight
- wrestling
wrestling
32,026 corpus weight
- xylophone
xylophone
32,024 corpus weight
- Yassin
Yassin
32,023 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « wrestling » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wrestling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈrɛs.lɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wrestling » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wrestling is uncommon French at frequency #67,975 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈrɛs.lɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Catch.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wrestling, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is wrestling, spelled W-R-E-S-T-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Catch.
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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