ero
The verdict
“ero” is uncommon French (frequency #94,779 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,779
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fou, insensé, cinglé, dingue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ero · ero · French
ero · rank #94,779 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,779
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH escrimeurs
Nearest frequency peer: escrimeurs (+2 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 « ero »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entérinant
entérinant
5,226 corpus weight
- envoleront
envoleront
5,225 corpus weight
- ero
ero
5,222 corpus weight
- escrimeurs
escrimeurs
5,220 corpus weight
- esme
esme
5,219 corpus weight
- Esteve
Esteve
5,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ero » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ero |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #94,779 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ero » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ero is uncommon French at frequency #94,779 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ero, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ero, spelled E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Fou, insensé, cinglé, dingue.
- 2Irrationnel, inconscient.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hitz eroak, de folles paroles.
Amets eroak, des rêves extravagants.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).