équidé
\e.ki.de\
The verdict
“équidé” is uncommon French (frequency #98,673 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,673
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tout mammifère ongulé membre de la famille zoologique des Equidae.
Corpus desk
Index FR-equide · équidé · French
équidé · rank #98,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,673
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH équidistance
Nearest frequency peer: équidistance (-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 “équidé”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- épousailles
épousailles
1,331 corpus weight
- équerres
équerres
1,330 corpus weight
- équidistance
équidistance
1,329 corpus weight
- équidé
équidé
1,328 corpus weight
- étendirent
étendirent
1,327 corpus weight
- étique
étique
1,326 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “équidé” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | équidé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ki.de\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “équidé” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
équidé is uncommon French at frequency #98,673 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ki.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tout mammifère ongulé membre de la famille zoologique des Equidae.".
Zero misspellings are on record for équidé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 équidé, spelled É-Q-U-I-D-É.
Definition
- 1Tout mammifère ongulé membre de la famille zoologique des Equidae.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how équidé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pensez bien qu’à chaque fois qu’un équidé est indisponible, ce sont les autres qui assument sa charge de travail.
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "équidé", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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.