églantine

\e.ɡlɑ̃.tin\

/\e.ɡlɑ̃.tin\/ noun

The verdict

“églantine” is uncommon French (frequency #64,891 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,891
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fleur de l’églantier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eglantine · églantine · French

églantine · rank #64,891 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,891
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éclairera

Nearest frequency peer: éclairera (-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 « églantine »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for églantine
PropertyValue
Headwordéglantine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ɡlɑ̃.tin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,891
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « églantine » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.églantinetombe 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: « éclairera » (#64,890), « électifs » (#64,892), « éclairait » (#64,889). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « églantine » est au #64,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

églantine is uncommon French at frequency #64,891 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ɡlɑ̃.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fleur de l’églantier.".

Zero misspellings are on record for églantine in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 églantine, spelled É-G-L-A-N-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fleur de l’églantier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et l’églantine du ménestrel sera fanée, que fleurira toujours la giroflée, chaque printemps […]
  2. C’étaient des regards doux et délicats comme les lotos bleus qui nagent sur les eaux, des expressions fugitives comme les faibles parfums de l’églantine, des mélancolies tendres comme le velours des mousses ; fleurs de deux belles âmes qui naissaient d’une terre riche, féconde, immuable.

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 "églantine"?
"églantine" is spelled É-G-L-A-N-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ɡlɑ̃.tin\.
What does "églantine" mean?
As a noun, "églantine" means: Fleur de l’églantier.
How do you pronounce "églantine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "églantine" is \e.ɡlɑ̃.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "églantine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "églantine", 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