églantier

\e.ɡlɑ̃.tje\

/\e.ɡlɑ̃.tje\/ noun

The verdict

“églantier” is uncommon French (frequency #96,531 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,531
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rosier sauvage aux fruits oblongs, d’un rouge vif, renfermant des semences enveloppées de poils (→ voir gratte-cul).

Corpus desk

Index FR-eglantier · églantier · French

églantier · rank #96,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,531
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH égalisant

Nearest frequency peer: égalisant (-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 « églantier »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for églantier
PropertyValue
Headwordéglantier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ɡlɑ̃.tje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,531
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « églantier » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).églantiertombe 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: « égalisant » (#96,530), « électrifiés » (#96,532), « édifient » (#96,529). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « églantier » est au #96,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

églantier is uncommon French at frequency #96,531 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ɡlɑ̃.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for églantier, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is églantier, spelled É-G-L-A-N-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rosier sauvage aux fruits oblongs, d’un rouge vif, renfermant des semences enveloppées de poils (→ voir gratte-cul).
  2. 2
    Désigne l’espèce Rosa canina, l’églantier des chiens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Oh ! qu’il est beau, voyez, tout couvert de ses roses, Dans l’humide vallon, qu’il est beau, l’églantier !
  2. Greffez les églantiers en écusson pour multiplier vos rosiers

This word in other languages

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 "églantier"?
"églantier" is spelled É-G-L-A-N-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ɡlɑ̃.tje\.
What does "églantier" mean?
As a noun, "églantier" means: Rosier sauvage aux fruits oblongs, d’un rouge vif, renfermant des semences enveloppées de poils (→ voir gratte-cul).
How do you pronounce "églantier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "églantier" is \e.ɡlɑ̃.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list