écumoire
\e.ky.mwaʁ\
The verdict
“écumoire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecumoire · écumoire · French
écumoire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | écumoire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ky.mwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « écumoire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
écumoire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ky.mwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how écumoire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et, au-dessus du fourneau, plus haut que les écumoires, les cuillers, les fourchettes à longs manches, dans une rangée de tiroirs numérotés, s’alignaient les chapelures, la fine et la grosse, les mies de pain pour paner, les épices, le girofle, la muscade, les poivres.
À l’aide d'une écumoire, récupérer les nouilles udon et les placer au fond du bol.
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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.