Ernestine
\ɛʁ.nɛs.tin\
The verdict
“Ernestine” is uncommon French (frequency #64,425 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,425
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ernestine · Ernestine · French
Ernestine · rank #64,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,425
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH escher
Nearest frequency peer: escher (+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 « Ernestine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- endoscopie
endoscopie
35,581 corpus weight
- engouffrent
engouffrent
35,580 corpus weight
- entrecroise…
entrecroisent
35,579 corpus weight
- entremêlées
entremêlées
35,578 corpus weight
- Ernestine
Ernestine
35,576 corpus weight
- escher
escher
35,575 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Ernestine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ernestine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.nɛs.tin\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Ernestine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Ernestine is uncommon French at frequency #64,425 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛʁ.nɛs.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ernestine in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Ernestine, spelled E-R-N-E-S-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ernestine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La petite étrangère s’appelait Ernestine. Elle était allemande, et ne paraissait pas née dans la bassesse.
Je t’assure, reprit Ernestine, que tout à l’heure, avant que tu n’arrivasses, M. Miley, le receveur de l’enregistrement, dans son enthousiasme, prétendait que Simon serait garde des sceaux avant trois ans.
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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