échiqueté
\e.ʃi.kə.te\
The verdict
“échiqueté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est divisé en carrés semblables à ceux d’un échiquier. Cas particulier, l’échiqueté de 9 pièces : voir équipollé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-echiquete · échiqueté · French
échiqueté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | échiqueté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ʃi.kə.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
échiqueté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.ʃi.kə.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est divisé en carrés semblables à ceux d’un échiquier. Cas particulier, l’échiqueté de 9 pièces : voir équipollé.".
échiqueté has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is échiqueté, spelled É-C-H-I-Q-U-E-T-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est divisé en carrés semblables à ceux d’un échiquier. Cas particulier, l’échiqueté de 9 pièces : voir équipollé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how échiqueté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un écu échiqueté d’or et d’azur, d’argent et de sable.
Un lion échiqueté d’argent et d’azur.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.