Zao
The verdict
“Zao” is uncommon French (frequency #85,393 among 39,292 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,393
- frequency rank, French
- 39,292
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Promontoire de la Narbonnaise.
| 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) |
Where “Zao” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zao is uncommon French at frequency #85,393 among 39,292 “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.
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 “Zao”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Z-A-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.