éclaires
\e.klɛʁ\
The verdict
“éclaires” is uncommon French (frequency #88,248 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,248
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de éclaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eclaires · éclaires · French
éclaires · rank #88,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,248
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écartes
Nearest frequency peer: écartes (-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 « éclaires »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Zyklon
Zyklon
11,756 corpus weight
- écartes
écartes
11,754 corpus weight
- éclaires
éclaires
11,753 corpus weight
- éclosions
éclosions
11,752 corpus weight
- écouterait
écouterait
11,751 corpus weight
- écroulées
écroulées
11,750 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éclaires » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éclaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.klɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éclaires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éclaires is uncommon French at frequency #88,248 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.klɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de éclaire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for éclaires in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éclaires, spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de éclaire.
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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