écritoire

\e.kʁi.twaʁ\

/\e.kʁi.twaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“écritoire” is uncommon French (frequency #98,663 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,663
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Godet où l’on prend de l’encre avec la plume et qu’on appelle plus ordinairement encrier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecritoire · écritoire · French

écritoire · rank #98,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,663
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 40,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH écot

Nearest frequency peer: écot (-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 “écritoire”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “écritoire” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for écritoire
PropertyValue
Headwordécritoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kʁi.twaʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “écritoire” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). écritoire lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

écritoire is uncommon French at frequency #98,663 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kʁi.twaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for écritoire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 écritoire, spelled É-C-R-I-T-O-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Godet où l’on prend de l’encre avec la plume et qu’on appelle plus ordinairement encrier.
  2. 2
    Petit meuble qui contenait ou renfermait les choses nécessaires pour écrire : encre, papier, plume, canif, etc.
  3. 3
    Pièce où l'on écrit, bureau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how écritoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ne parlons pas de cela, dit le juif en pâlissant et tirant à la hâte une écritoire de sa ceinture.
  2. Le diable rôde autour de l’homme ; Jésus lui-même n’a pas été à l’abri de ses embûches ; la tentation de saint Antoine est populaire ; Martin Luther fut aussi tourmenté par Satan, et, pour s’en débarrasser, fut obligé de lui jeter son écritoire à la tête. On voit encore la tache d’encre sur le mur de la cellule.

This word in other languages

desk(English)escritorio(Español)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "écritoire"?
"écritoire" is spelled É-C-R-I-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kʁi.twaʁ\.
What does "écritoire" mean?
As a noun, "écritoire" means: Godet où l’on prend de l’encre avec la plume et qu’on appelle plus ordinairement encrier.
How do you pronounce "écritoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écritoire" is \e.kʁi.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écritoire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "écritoire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écarteurs#98,657abstinent#98,693virevolte#98,632verseront#98,626
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list