éclatants
\e.kla.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“éclatants” is uncommon French (frequency #58,370 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,370
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de éclatant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eclatants · éclatants · French
éclatants · rank #58,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,370
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH échangeaient
Nearest frequency peer: échangeaient (-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 « éclatants »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- XVIème
XVIème
41,635 corpus weight
- zirconium
zirconium
41,633 corpus weight
- échangeaient
échangeaient
41,632 corpus weight
- éclatants
éclatants
41,631 corpus weight
- éjecte
éjecte
41,630 corpus weight
- éventualités
éventualités
41,628 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éclatants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éclatants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.kla.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éclatants » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éclatants is uncommon French at frequency #58,370 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.kla.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de éclatant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for éclatants in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is éclatants, spelled É-C-L-A-T-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de éclatant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éclatants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans les rues, se promènent : les vaches à l’aise à se « jobrer » le museau dans les poubelles (est-ce très sain pour elles et le lait qu’elles délivrent ?), les écoliers en costume marchent fièrement, les femmes ont confectionné de longues guirlandes, les présentent dans des corbeilles tressées, étalage rehaussé sur des caisses en bois défoncées, les fle…
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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