ecce
The verdict
“ecce” is uncommon French (frequency #53,924 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,924
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Voici, voilà.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecce · ecce · French
ecce · rank #53,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,924
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 201,161
- PHOTO-FINISH dévorée
Nearest frequency peer: dévorée (-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 “ecce”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dénégations
dénégations
46,080 corpus weight
- dépanne
dépanne
46,079 corpus weight
- dévorée
dévorée
46,078 corpus weight
- ecce
ecce
46,077 corpus weight
- embryonnair…
embryonnaires
46,075 corpus weight
- employa
employa
46,074 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ecce” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ecce |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #53,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ecce” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ecce is uncommon French at frequency #53,924 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voici, voilà.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ecce, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 ecce, spelled E-C-C-E.
Definition
- 1Voici, voilà.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ecce appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
quem quaero, optime ecce obviam mihi est.
ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ecce", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 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.