éroder

\e.ʁɔ.de\

/\e.ʁɔ.de\/ verb

The verdict

“éroder” is uncommon French (frequency #78,081 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,081
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ronger. Détruire ou défaire très progressivement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eroder · éroder · French

éroder · rank #78,081 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,081
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ésope

Nearest frequency peer: Ésope (+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 « éroder »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for éroder
PropertyValue
Headwordéroder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ʁɔ.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « éroder » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.érodertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Ésope » (#78,082), « éthérée » (#78,083), « époustouflants » (#78,078). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éroder » est au #78,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

éroder is uncommon French at frequency #78,081 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ʁɔ.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ronger. Détruire ou défaire très progressivement.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for éroder, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éroder, spelled É-R-O-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ronger. Détruire ou défaire très progressivement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’eau érode le lit des rivières.
  2. [Je me suis installé] dans un fauteuil que j’avais chéri autrefois et pratiquement érodé à mes formes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éroder"?
"éroder" is spelled É-R-O-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁɔ.de\.
What does "éroder" mean?
As a verb, "éroder" means: Ronger. Détruire ou défaire très progressivement.
How do you pronounce "éroder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éroder" is \e.ʁɔ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éroder" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éroder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list