edh

\ɛd\

/\ɛd\/ noun

The verdict

“edh” is uncommon French (frequency #90,680 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,680
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de ed.

Corpus desk

Index FR-edh · edh · French

edh · rank #90,680 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,680
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ecuador

Nearest frequency peer: Ecuador (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « edh »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « edh » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for edh
PropertyValue
Headwordedh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛd\
Letters3
Frequency rank#90,680
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « edh » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).edhtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Ecuador » (#90,679), « EDL » (#90,681), « dévoila » (#90,678). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « edh » est au #90,680. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

edh is uncommon French at frequency #90,680 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de ed.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for edh, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is edh, spelled E-D-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de ed.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how edh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’autre caractère propre à l’islandais, edh (= dh), est une innovation du XIIIᵉ siècle.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "edh"?
"edh" is spelled E-D-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛd\.
What does "edh" mean?
As a noun, "edh" means: Variante orthographique de ed.
How do you pronounce "edh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "edh" is \ɛd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "edh" come from?
"edh" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "edh", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list