écrou papillon
\e.kʁu pa.pi.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“écrou papillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écrou muni de deux surfaces plates permettant un serrage manuel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecrou-papillon · écrou papillon · French
écrou papillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écrou papillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.kʁu pa.pi.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « écrou papillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
écrou papillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kʁu pa.pi.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écrou muni de deux surfaces plates permettant un serrage manuel.".
Zero misspellings are on record for écrou papillon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 écrou papillon, spelled É-C-R-O-U- -P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Écrou muni de deux surfaces plates permettant un serrage manuel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how écrou papillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les papillons ordinaires, le ressort de la rondelle CD, porte une petite languette en saillie A qu’il suffit de relever pour le desserrage de l’écrou en liberté de rotation à l’écrou papillon.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.