égratignure
\e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲyʁ\
The verdict
“égratignure” is uncommon French (frequency #61,241 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,241
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’égratigner ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egratignure · égratignure · French
égratignure · rank #61,241 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,241
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écuyers
Nearest frequency peer: écuyers (-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 « égratignure »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- écoulant
écoulant
38,763 corpus weight
- écrasait
écrasait
38,762 corpus weight
- écuyers
écuyers
38,761 corpus weight
- égratignure
égratignure
38,760 corpus weight
- élévateurs
élévateurs
38,759 corpus weight
- émeuvent
émeuvent
38,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « égratignure » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | égratignure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲyʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,241 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « égratignure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
égratignure is uncommon French at frequency #61,241 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ɡʁa.ti.ɲyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
égratignure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is égratignure, spelled É-G-R-A-T-I-G-N-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’égratigner ou résultat de cette action.
- 2Blessure légère et peu dangereuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how égratignure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une égratignure au visage.
Se faire une égratignure.
Synonyms
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.
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