ecsta
\ɛks.ta\
The verdict
“ecsta” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ecstasy, cachet d’ecstasy.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecsta · ecsta · French
ecsta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | ecsta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛks.ta\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ecsta » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ecsta is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛks.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ecstasy, cachet d’ecstasy.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ecsta, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ecsta, spelled E-C-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Ecstasy, cachet d’ecstasy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ecsta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
T'as pris tes ecstas ?
Des shoots d’héro, des envolées à l’ecsta, des nuits passées le visage collé à des murs d’enceinte, des réveils dans des lieux inconnus, sans le moindre souvenir.
This word in other languages
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.