ebony
\ˈɛb.ə.ni\
The verdict
“ebony” is an uncommon French word, ranked #62,236 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #62,236
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ébène.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ebony |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɛb.ə.ni\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ebony” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ebony is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈɛb.ə.ni\. Corpus data places it at rank #62,236 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ébène.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ebony, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ebony, spelled E-B-O-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Ébène.
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 “ebony”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-B-O-N-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈɛb.ə.ni\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.