elegance

\ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns\

/\ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns\/ noun

The verdict

“elegance” is uncommon French (frequency #88,573 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,573
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élégance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elegance · elegance · French

elegance · rank #88,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,573
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH embarquons

Nearest frequency peer: embarquons (+2 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 « elegance »

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 « elegance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for elegance
PropertyValue
Headwordelegance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns\
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,573
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « elegance » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).elegancetombe 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: « embarquons » (#88,575), « EHF » (#88,570), « embrassera » (#88,576). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « elegance » est au #88,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

elegance is uncommon French at frequency #88,573 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Élégance.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for elegance, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is elegance, spelled E-L-E-G-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élégance.

Synonyms

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 "elegance"?
"elegance" is spelled E-L-E-G-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns\.
What does "elegance" mean?
As a noun, "elegance" means: Élégance.
How do you pronounce "elegance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elegance" is \ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list