egal

\eˈɡaːl\

/\eˈɡaːl\/ adj

The verdict

“egal” is uncommon French (frequency #63,709 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,709
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Égal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-egal · egal · French

egal · rank #63,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,709
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH effrontée

Nearest frequency peer: effrontée (-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 « egal »

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 « egal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for egal
PropertyValue
Headwordegal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\eˈɡaːl\
Letters4
Frequency rank#63,709
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « egal » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).egaltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « effrontée » (#63,708), « efforçait » (#63,707), « Elke » (#63,711). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « egal » est au #63,709. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

egal is uncommon French at frequency #63,709 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \eˈɡaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Égal.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for egal, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is egal, spelled E-G-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Égal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das ist mir so was von egal!
  2. Das ist ja egal.

Synonyms

Antonyms

unegal

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 "egal"?
"egal" is spelled E-G-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \eˈɡaːl\.
What does "egal" mean?
As an adjective, "egal" means: Égal.
How do you pronounce "egal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "egal" is \eˈɡaːl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "egal" come from?
"egal" 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 "egal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list