égaye
\e.ɡɛj\
The verdict
“égaye” is uncommon French (frequency #91,319 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,319
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de égayer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egaye · égaye · French
égaye · rank #91,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,319
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH édulcorer
Nearest frequency peer: édulcorer (-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 “égaye”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- écrases
écrases
8,684 corpus weight
- édulcorer
édulcorer
8,683 corpus weight
- égaye
égaye
8,682 corpus weight
- égyptologie
égyptologie
8,681 corpus weight
- élabora
élabora
8,680 corpus weight
- émigrée
émigrée
8,677 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “égaye” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | égaye |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ɡɛj\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “égaye” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
égaye is uncommon French at frequency #91,319 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ɡɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for égaye in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is égaye, spelled É-G-A-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de égayer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de égayer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de égayer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de égayer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de égayer.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 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.