écumoire
\e.ky.mwaʁ\
The verdict
“écumoire” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ustensile de cuisine fait en forme de grande cuiller plate, percée de plusieurs petits trous ou de longues fentes et qui sert à écumer ou à égoutter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écumoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ky.mwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écumoire” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for écumoire is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ky.mwaʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for écumoire in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is écumoire, spelled É-C-U-M-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ustensile de cuisine fait en forme de grande cuiller plate, percée de plusieurs petits trous ou de longues fentes et qui sert à écumer ou à égoutter.
- 2Objet, souvent métallique, percé de trous.
- 3Action, situation, agréant les uns et rejetant les autres.
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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.
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Using “écumoire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-U-M-O-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ky.mwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.