Eis

\aɪ̯s\

/\aɪ̯s\/ noun

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The verdict

“Eis” is uncommon French (frequency #73,955 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,955
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (généralement indénombrable) Glace, dans le sens de l'eau gelée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eis · Eis · French

Eis · rank #73,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,955
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Egyptian

Nearest frequency peer: Egyptian (-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 « Eis »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Eis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Eis
PropertyValue
HeadwordEis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\aɪ̯s\
Letters3
Frequency rank#73,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Eis » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Eistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Egyptian » (#73,954), « elk » (#73,956), « effendi » (#73,952). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Eis » est au #73,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Eis is uncommon French at frequency #73,955 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \aɪ̯s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Eis in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Eis, spelled E-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    (généralement indénombrable) Glace, dans le sens de l'eau gelée.
  2. 2
    Crème glacée, sorbet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Eis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es ist so kalt, dass Wasser sofort zu Eis gefriert.
  2. (Er bricht ins Eis ein.) Auf einmal war es still. Er sah nichts mehr, und die Kälte nahm ihm fast die Sinne. Erst da begriff er, daß er unter Wasser war. Er strampelte. Sein Kopf prallte gegen etwas Hartes, das Eis. Seine Fellmütze löste sich und schwebte davon, seine Haare richteten sich auf, seine Füße schlugen auf den Boden.

Synonyms

SpeiseeisEiscreme

Antonyms

Schnee

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eis"?
"Eis" is spelled E-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \aɪ̯s\.
What does "Eis" mean?
As a noun, "Eis" means: (généralement indénombrable) Glace, dans le sens de l'eau gelée.
How do you pronounce "Eis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eis" is \aɪ̯s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eis" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Eis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

elk#73,956Edu#73,949ECN#73,948fad#73,987

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list