Eckhart
The verdict
“Eckhart” is uncommon French (frequency #53,298 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,298
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eckhart · Eckhart · French
Eckhart · rank #53,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,298
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH déshérités
Nearest frequency peer: déshérités (-3 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 « Eckhart »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déperdition
déperdition
46,710 corpus weight
- désaltérer
désaltérer
46,709 corpus weight
- désertée
désertée
46,708 corpus weight
- déshumanisa…
déshumanisation
46,707 corpus weight
- déshérités
déshérités
46,706 corpus weight
- Eckhart
Eckhart
46,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Eckhart » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eckhart |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Eckhart » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Eckhart is uncommon French at frequency #53,298 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Eckhart has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Eckhart, spelled E-C-K-H-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eckhart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On trouvait, au hasard de la recherche, des œuvres de Guénon, d’Aldous Huxley, de Raymond Abellio, les traités et sermons de maître Eckhart, les Upanishad, quelques ouvrages de Frithjof Schuön, le Monsieur Gurdjieff de Louis Pauwels, Les Sociétés secrètes de René Alleau, et une foule de livres de vulgarisation, sur le secret des pyramides, ou l’Atlantide,…
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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