Zar
The verdict
“Zar” is uncommon French (frequency #88,244 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,244
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tsar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zar · Zar · French
Zar · rank #88,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,244
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH zapatero
Nearest frequency peer: zapatero (-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 « Zar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Yellowknife
Yellowknife
11,761 corpus weight
- Zalman
Zalman
11,759 corpus weight
- zapatero
zapatero
11,758 corpus weight
- Zar
Zar
11,757 corpus weight
- Zyklon
Zyklon
11,756 corpus weight
- écartes
écartes
11,754 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Zar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #88,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Zar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Zar is uncommon French at frequency #88,244 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tsar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Zar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Zar, spelled Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Tsar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der russische Zar Peter der Große hat Sankt Petersburg gegründet.
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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