égalent

\e.ɡal\

/\e.ɡal\/ verb

The verdict

“égalent” is uncommon French (frequency #66,441 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,441
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de égaler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-egalent · égalent · French

égalent · rank #66,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,441
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écoquartier

Nearest frequency peer: écoquartier (-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 « égalent »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for égalent
PropertyValue
Headwordégalent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ɡal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « égalent » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « écoquartier » (#66,440), « égalée » (#66,442), « écolières » (#66,439). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « égalent » est au #66,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

égalent is uncommon French at frequency #66,441 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ɡal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for égalent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is égalent, spelled É-G-A-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de égaler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de égaler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cinquante billets et cinquante raides, égalent cent mille points.

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 "égalent"?
"égalent" is spelled É-G-A-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ɡal\.
What does "égalent" mean?
As a verb, "égalent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de égaler.
How do you pronounce "égalent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "égalent" is \e.ɡal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "égalent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list