Egmont
The verdict
“Egmont” is uncommon French (frequency #51,433 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,433
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egmont · Egmont · French
Egmont · rank #51,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,433
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 201,161
- PHOTO-FINISH elektra
Nearest frequency peer: elektra (+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 “Egmont”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- détergent
détergent
48,573 corpus weight
- détériorée
détériorée
48,572 corpus weight
- dévalorisat…
dévalorisation
48,571 corpus weight
- Egmont
Egmont
48,568 corpus weight
- elektra
elektra
48,567 corpus weight
- emmerdeurs
emmerdeurs
48,564 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Egmont” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Egmont |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Egmont” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Egmont is uncommon French at frequency #51,433 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Egmont in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Egmont, spelled E-G-M-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Egmont appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la fin, Egmont se désemmaillotte de son manteau, et paraît dans un costume magnifique !
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Egmont", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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.