Égée

\e.ʒe\

/\e.ʒe\/ name

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The verdict

“Égée” is uncommon French (frequency #57,028 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,028
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roi d’Athènes dont Thésée est le fils.

Corpus desk

Index FR-egee · Égée · French

Égée · rank #57,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,028
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émaillées

Nearest frequency peer: émaillées (+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 « Égée »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Égée
PropertyValue
HeadwordÉgée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\e.ʒe\
Letters4
Frequency rank#57,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Égée » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Égéetombe 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: « émaillées » (#57,029), « Yvain » (#57,026), « émirs » (#57,031). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « Égée » est au #57,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Égée is uncommon French at frequency #57,028 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roi d’Athènes dont Thésée est le fils.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Égée, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Égée, spelled É-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roi d’Athènes dont Thésée est le fils.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pensant que Thésée était mort, Égée se jeta dans la mer à laquelle son nom fut donné.

This word in other languages

Aegeus(English)Egeo(Español)Ägeus(Deutsch)

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 "Égée"?
"Égée" is spelled É-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʒe\.
What does "Égée" mean?
As a proper noun, "Égée" means: Roi d’Athènes dont Thésée est le fils.
How do you pronounce "Égée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Égée" is \e.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Égée" come from?
"Égée" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

VoIP#57,014abdi#57,049ants#57,079thin#56,975

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list