écarteurs
\e.kaʁ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“écarteurs” is uncommon French (frequency #98,657 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,657
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de écarteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecarteurs · écarteurs · French
écarteurs · rank #98,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,657
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH zébus
Nearest frequency peer: zébus (-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 “écarteurs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zorba
Zorba
1,347 corpus weight
- Zug
Zug
1,346 corpus weight
- zébus
zébus
1,345 corpus weight
- écarteurs
écarteurs
1,344 corpus weight
- échouaient
échouaient
1,343 corpus weight
- éclaboussée
éclaboussée
1,342 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “écarteurs” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écarteurs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.kaʁ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écarteurs” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
écarteurs is uncommon French at frequency #98,657 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kaʁ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de écarteur.".
écarteurs has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is écarteurs, spelled É-C-A-R-T-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de écarteur.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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.