ermites
\ɛʁ.mit\
The verdict
“ermites” is uncommon French (frequency #53,330 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,330
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ermite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ermites · ermites · French
ermites · rank #53,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,330
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Eschyle
Nearest frequency peer: Eschyle (+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 « ermites »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- envahies
envahies
46,675 corpus weight
- enzymatique
enzymatique
46,674 corpus weight
- ermites
ermites
46,671 corpus weight
- Eschyle
Eschyle
46,670 corpus weight
- Essaouira
Essaouira
46,669 corpus weight
- esso
esso
46,668 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ermites » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ermites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.mit\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ermites » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ermites is uncommon French at frequency #53,330 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛʁ.mit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ermite.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ermites in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ermites, spelled E-R-M-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de ermite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ermites appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’odeur le prit à la gorge, lui qui avait pourtant l’habitude des scènes de crime chez les semi-clodos en tout genre et des intérieurs de campagne où vivaient de vieux ermites qui ne se lavaient jamais.
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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