Eiger
The verdict
“Eiger” is uncommon French (frequency #89,663 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,663
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sommet des Alpes suisses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eiger · Eiger · French
Eiger · rank #89,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,663
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Ekman
Nearest frequency peer: Ekman (+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 « Eiger »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dévoilerai
dévoilerai
10,341 corpus weight
- editing
editing
10,340 corpus weight
- Eiger
Eiger
10,338 corpus weight
- Ekman
Ekman
10,337 corpus weight
- embaumer
embaumer
10,335 corpus weight
- embourber
embourber
10,334 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Eiger » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eiger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Eiger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Eiger is uncommon French at frequency #89,663 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sommet des Alpes suisses.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Eiger, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Eiger, spelled E-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sommet des Alpes suisses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eiger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De l’hôtel de la Petite Scheidegg, où nous avions séjourné l’hiver précédent, on peut, l’été, suivre à la longue-vue les cordées à la lutte dans la terrible face nord de l’Eiger, hostile, rébarbative, meurtrière — Eiger signifie « ogre ».
Au contraire du Cervin qui fascinait les Britanniques, l’Eiger défiait les alpinistes de langue allemande, qui, au terme d’une succession d’impitoyables tragédies, ne parvinrent à le vaincre qu’en 1938, soit soixante-treize ans après que le grand Edward Whymper eut atteint le sommet de la pyramide tourmentée de Zermatt.
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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