élytres
\e.litʁ\
The verdict
“élytres” is uncommon French (frequency #69,544 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,544
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de élytre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elytres · élytres · French
élytres · rank #69,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,544
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éméché
Nearest frequency peer: éméché (+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 « élytres »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- électrochocs
électrochocs
30,460 corpus weight
- élogieuse
élogieuse
30,459 corpus weight
- élytres
élytres
30,457 corpus weight
- éméché
éméché
30,456 corpus weight
- épatante
épatante
30,455 corpus weight
- épistolaires
épistolaires
30,454 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « élytres » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élytres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.litʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « élytres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
élytres is uncommon French at frequency #69,544 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.litʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de élytre.".
élytres has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is élytres, spelled É-L-Y-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de élytre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élytres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les grillons et les sauterelles stridulent en frottant leurs élytres l’un contre l’autre.
Tous portent, jeté sur leurs épaules, une espèce de châle à franges, dont les bouts symétriques pendent de chaque côté de leur corps, comme de longues élytres.
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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