Zao
The verdict
“Zao” is uncommon French (frequency #85,393 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,393
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Promontoire de la Narbonnaise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zao · Zao · French
Zao · rank #85,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,393
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH zibeline
Nearest frequency peer: zibeline (+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 « Zao »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Wilmotte
Wilmotte
14,614 corpus weight
- WNBA
WNBA
14,612 corpus weight
- Zao
Zao
14,608 corpus weight
- zibeline
zibeline
14,606 corpus weight
- zs
zs
14,604 corpus weight
- échangea
échangea
14,602 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Zao » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zao |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #85,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Zao » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Zao is uncommon French at frequency #85,393 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Promontoire de la Narbonnaise.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zao in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Zao, spelled Z-A-O.
Definition
- 1Promontoire de la Narbonnaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zao appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
rursus a mari Tricorium et intus Tritollorum Vocontiorumque et Segovellaunorum, mox Allobrogum. at in ora Massilia Graecorum Phocaeensium foederata, promunturium Zao, Citharista portus, regio Camactulicorum, dein Suelteri supraque Verucini.
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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