échangèrent

\e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\

/\e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“échangèrent” is uncommon French (frequency #85,400 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,400
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de échanger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-echangerent · échangèrent · French

échangèrent · rank #85,400 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,400
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH échangea

Nearest frequency peer: échangea (-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 « échangèrent »

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 « échangèrent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for échangèrent
PropertyValue
Headwordéchangèrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#85,400
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « échangèrent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).échangèrenttombe 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: « échangea » (#85,399), « écrivions » (#85,401), « écrémage » (#85,402). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « échangèrent » est au #85,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

échangèrent is uncommon French at frequency #85,400 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de échanger.".

échangèrent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 échangèrent, spelled É-C-H-A-N-G-È-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de échanger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how échangèrent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quelques années avant, Suzanne Lenglen et Alain Gerbault, dont la famille est installée à Dinard, échangèrent quelques balles sur les terres battues dinardaises, le plus vieux club de tennis français.
  2. Voguant bord à bord, les capitaines échangèrent force cris et signes convenus puis mirent en panne.

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 "échangèrent"?
"échangèrent" is spelled É-C-H-A-N-G-È-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "échangèrent" mean?
As a verb, "échangèrent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de échanger.
How do you pronounce "échangèrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échangèrent" is \e.ʃɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list