Édesse
\e.dɛs\
The verdict
“Édesse” is uncommon French (frequency #97,584 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,584
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancien nom de Şanlıurfa en Turquie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-edesse · Édesse · French
Édesse · rank #97,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,584
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH écœurer
Nearest frequency peer: écœurer (-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 “Édesse”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- écouterez
écouterez
2,420 corpus weight
- écoutions
écoutions
2,419 corpus weight
- écœurer
écœurer
2,418 corpus weight
- Édesse
Édesse
2,417 corpus weight
- électrolumi…
électroluminescentes
2,416 corpus weight
- élis
élis
2,415 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Édesse” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Édesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.dɛs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,584 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Édesse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Édesse is uncommon French at frequency #97,584 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.dɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Édesse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Édesse, spelled É-D-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ancien nom de Şanlıurfa en Turquie.
- 2Ville grecque de Macédoine, capitale du district régional de Pella.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Édesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le comté d’Édesse.
Abgare roi d’Edesse, converti, dit-on, par saint Thomas, avoit commencé, dit-on, à croire en J. C. sur sa seule réputation ; les Grecs du bas empire ont débité là-dessus bien des fables.
Synonyms
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); 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.