équerres
\e.kɛʁ\
The verdict
“équerres” is uncommon French (frequency #98,671 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,671
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de équerre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-equerres · équerres · French
équerres · rank #98,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,671
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH épousailles
Nearest frequency peer: épousailles (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “équerres”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- émeuve
émeuve
1,333 corpus weight
- épaulement
épaulement
1,332 corpus weight
- épousailles
épousailles
1,331 corpus weight
- équerres
équerres
1,330 corpus weight
- équidistance
équidistance
1,329 corpus weight
- équidé
équidé
1,328 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “équerres” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | équerres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.kɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “équerres” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
équerres is uncommon French at frequency #98,671 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de équerre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for équerres in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 équerres, spelled É-Q-U-E-R-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de équerre.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.