equus
\ˈe.kʷus\
The verdict
“equus” is uncommon French (frequency #84,769 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,769
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cheval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-equus · equus · French
equus · rank #84,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,769
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ergonomiques
Nearest frequency peer: ergonomiques (+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 « equus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entremetteu…
entremetteuse
15,235 corpus weight
- entrisme
entrisme
15,234 corpus weight
- equus
equus
15,232 corpus weight
- ergonomiques
ergonomiques
15,231 corpus weight
- erlangen
erlangen
15,230 corpus weight
- ernotte
ernotte
15,229 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « equus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | equus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈe.kʷus\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « equus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
equus is uncommon French at frequency #84,769 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈe.kʷus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
equus has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is equus, spelled E-Q-U-U-S.
Definition
- 1Cheval.
- 2Cheval.
- 3Cavalerie.
- 4Cheval de frise, machine de guerre semblable au bélier.
- 5Char de chevaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how equus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
equum flectere
cum staret equos
Synonyms
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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