eider
\ɛ.dɛʁ\
The verdict
“eider” is uncommon French (frequency #97,916 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,916
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anatidé, aux formes massives, dont une espèce fournit l’édredon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eider · eider · French
eider · rank #97,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,916
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH effritent
Nearest frequency peer: effritent (-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 « eider »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- effaça
effaça
2,088 corpus weight
- effondrerait
effondrerait
2,087 corpus weight
- effritent
effritent
2,086 corpus weight
- eider
eider
2,085 corpus weight
- elastic
elastic
2,084 corpus weight
- Elian
Elian
2,082 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « eider » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eider |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.dɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eider » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eider is uncommon French at frequency #97,916 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.dɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for eider, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is eider, spelled E-I-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Anatidé, aux formes massives, dont une espèce fournit l’édredon.
- 2Eider à duvet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eider appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'eider est un canard maritime nordique et migrateur qui niche notamment sur des îles de l'estuaire du Bas-Saint-Laurent comme l'île aux Pommes, l'île Bicquette ou l'île aux Lièvres.
Plus petit que l’eider à duvet, l’eider à lunettes est immédiatement identifiable à l’emplumage de son bec jusqu’aux narines et à ses lunettes visibles en toutes saisons.
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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