ébénistes
\e.be.nist\
The verdict
“ébénistes” is uncommon French (frequency #70,325 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,325
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de ébéniste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ebenistes · ébénistes · French
ébénistes · rank #70,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,325
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH zozos
Nearest frequency peer: zozos (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ébénistes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zeno
zeno
29,679 corpus weight
- zor
zor
29,678 corpus weight
- zozos
zozos
29,677 corpus weight
- ébénistes
ébénistes
29,676 corpus weight
- échaudé
échaudé
29,675 corpus weight
- échauffourée
échauffourée
29,674 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ébénistes” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ébénistes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.be.nist\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ébénistes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ébénistes is uncommon French at frequency #70,325 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.be.nist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ébéniste.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ébénistes in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ébénistes, spelled É-B-É-N-I-S-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ébéniste.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.