écrases
\e.kʁaz\
The verdict
“écrases” is uncommon French (frequency #91,317 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,317
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écraser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecrases · écrases · French
écrases · rank #91,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,317
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH édulcorer
Nearest frequency peer: édulcorer (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “écrases”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zosime
Zosime
8,688 corpus weight
- écrases
écrases
8,684 corpus weight
- édulcorer
édulcorer
8,683 corpus weight
- égaye
égaye
8,682 corpus weight
- égyptologie
égyptologie
8,681 corpus weight
- élabora
élabora
8,680 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “écrases” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écrases |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kʁaz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écrases” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
écrases is uncommon French at frequency #91,317 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.kʁaz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
écrases doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 écrases, spelled É-C-R-A-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écraser.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de écraser.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "écrases", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.