equinox
\ˈɛk.wɪ.ˌnɒks\
The verdict
“equinox” is uncommon French (frequency #82,929 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,929
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Équinoxe, instant où le Soleil traverse le plan de l'équateur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-equinox · equinox · French
equinox · rank #82,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,929
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enverraient
Nearest frequency peer: enverraient (-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 « equinox »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entregent
entregent
17,077 corpus weight
- entreposée
entreposée
17,076 corpus weight
- entreraient
entreraient
17,075 corpus weight
- enverraient
enverraient
17,073 corpus weight
- equinox
equinox
17,072 corpus weight
- especial
especial
17,068 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « equinox » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | equinox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɛk.wɪ.ˌnɒks\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « equinox » en français
Rare enough to double-check
equinox is uncommon French at frequency #82,929 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɛk.wɪ.ˌnɒks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for equinox, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is equinox, spelled E-Q-U-I-N-O-X.
Definition
- 1Équinoxe, instant où le Soleil traverse le plan de l'équateur.
- 2Équinoxe, période où les jours deviennent sensiblement égaux aux nuits.
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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