éclates
\e.klat\
The verdict
“éclates” is uncommon French (frequency #87,277 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,277
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éclater.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eclates · éclates · French
éclates · rank #87,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,277
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éclairants
Nearest frequency peer: éclairants (-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 « éclates »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- écervelé
écervelé
12,727 corpus weight
- échelonnées
échelonnées
12,726 corpus weight
- éclairants
éclairants
12,725 corpus weight
- éclates
éclates
12,724 corpus weight
- écrivirent
écrivirent
12,723 corpus weight
- épinettes
épinettes
12,721 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éclates » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éclates |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.klat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éclates » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éclates is uncommon French at frequency #87,277 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.klat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
éclates doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 éclates, spelled É-C-L-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éclater.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de éclater.
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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