égrène
\e.ɡʁɛn\
The verdict
“égrène” is uncommon French (frequency #67,988 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,988
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coins en métal que l'on pose dans les angles des caisses en bois, des malles, ou autre, dans le but de les renforcer et d'en éviter l'usure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egrene · égrène · French
égrène · rank #67,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,988
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH égorgée
Nearest frequency peer: égorgée (-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 « égrène »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- échelonne
échelonne
32,016 corpus weight
- écumer
écumer
32,015 corpus weight
- égorgée
égorgée
32,014 corpus weight
- égrène
égrène
32,013 corpus weight
- éliminera
éliminera
32,012 corpus weight
- Élisée
Élisée
32,011 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « égrène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | égrène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ɡʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « égrène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
égrène is uncommon French at frequency #67,988 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ɡʁɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coins en métal que l'on pose dans les angles des caisses en bois, des malles, ou autre, dans le but de les renforcer et d'en éviter l'usure.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for égrène in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is égrène, spelled É-G-R-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Coins en métal que l'on pose dans les angles des caisses en bois, des malles, ou autre, dans le but de les renforcer et d'en éviter l'usure.
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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