escargot
/ˌɛskɑɹˈɡoʊ/
"escargot" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“escargot” is uncommon English (frequency #87,259 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,259
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
Corpus desk
Index EN-escargot · escargot · English
escargot · rank #87,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,259
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH Ertz
Nearest frequency peer: Ertz (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “escargot”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ELR
ELR
12,754 corpus weight
- Ertz
Ertz
12,744 corpus weight
- escargot
escargot
12,742 corpus weight
- ethology
ethology
12,740 corpus weight
- fajita
fajita
12,731 corpus weight
- Falkner
Falkner
12,730 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “escargot” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escargot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛskɑɹˈɡoʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “escargot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
escargot is uncommon English at frequency #87,259 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɛskɑɹˈɡoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
escargot has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French escargot. The correct English form is escargot, spelled E-S-C-A-R-G-O-T.
Definition
- 1A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
- 2A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how escargot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J. is dating P. at NYU and modeling on the side. They're planning to meet us in Paris for spring break so J. can go to some look-sees (and eat some escargot, obv.).
Etymology
Borrowed from French escargot.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).