escritoire
/ˌɛskɹɪˈtwɑːɹ/noun
escritoire is spelled E-S-C-R-I-T-O-I-R-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, escritoire means “A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of escritoire is escritoires.
How many letters and syllables are in escritoire?
| Letters | 10: E-S-C-R-I-T-O-I-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is escritoire?
Escritoire appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce escritoire?
- UK /ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː/
- US /ˌɛskɹɪˈtwɑːɹ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-escritoire.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with escritoire?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as escritoire from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of escritoire
- escritoires plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does escritoire mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A writing desk with a hinged door that provides the writing surface.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Escritoire in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A writing desk with a hinged door:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | ausklappbarer Schreibsekretär |
| Spanish | escritorio, escribanía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does escritoire come from?
From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire, respectively) + -oire (“a tool or object”). Doublet of scriptorium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).