équivoques

\e.ki.vɔk\

/\e.ki.vɔk\/ adj

The verdict

“équivoques” is uncommon French (frequency #55,698 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,698
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-equivoques · équivoques · French

équivoques · rank #55,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,698
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH énervez

Nearest frequency peer: énervez (-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 « équivoques »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for équivoques
PropertyValue
Headwordéquivoques
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.ki.vɔk\
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,698
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « équivoques » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).équivoquestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « énervez » (#55,697), « étampes » (#55,699), « étreindre » (#55,700). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « équivoques » est au #55,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

équivoques is uncommon French at frequency #55,698 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.ki.vɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de équivoque.".

Zero misspellings are on record for équivoques in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is équivoques, spelled É-Q-U-I-V-O-Q-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de équivoque.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how équivoques appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oh ! une gaupe, une gourgandine, s’écria le curé, une femme de mœurs équivoques, occupée de théâtre, hantant les comédiens et les comédiennes, mangeant sa fortune avec des folliculaires, des peintres, des musiciens, la société du diable, enfin !

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 "équivoques"?
"équivoques" is spelled É-Q-U-I-V-O-Q-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ki.vɔk\.
What does "équivoques" mean?
As an adjective, "équivoques" means: Pluriel de équivoque.
How do you pronounce "équivoques"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "équivoques" is \e.ki.vɔk\. 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 "équivoques", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list