écœurante

\e.kœ.ʁɑ̃t\

/\e.kœ.ʁɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“écœurante” is uncommon French (frequency #77,173 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,173
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de l’adjectif écœurant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ec-urante · écœurante · French

écœurante · rank #77,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,173
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écroulés

Nearest frequency peer: écroulés (-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 « écœurante »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « écœurante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for écœurante
PropertyValue
Headwordécœurante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.kœ.ʁɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « écœurante » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).écœurantetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « écroulés » (#77,172), « édicule » (#77,174), « écrivaines » (#77,171). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écœurante » est au #77,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

écœurante is uncommon French at frequency #77,173 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.kœ.ʁɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de l’adjectif écœurant.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for écœurante, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is écœurante, spelled É-C-Œ-U-R-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de l’adjectif écœurant.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "écœurante"?
"écœurante" is spelled É-C-Œ-U-R-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kœ.ʁɑ̃t\.
What does "écœurante" mean?
As an adjective, "écœurante" means: Féminin singulier de l’adjectif écœurant.
How do you pronounce "écœurante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écœurante" is \e.kœ.ʁɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écœurante" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "écœurante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list