errance
French, noun/e.ʁɑ̃s/
errance is spelled E-R-R-A-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Errance is a French feminine noun meaning “wandering, wanderlust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tendance à des déambulations durables, sur de longues distances, sans autre but que le voyage lui-même”.
What does errance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewandering, wanderlust
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tendance à des déambulations durables, sur de longues distances, sans autre but que le voyage lui-même. 2. Progression au hasard, sans objectif défini ; rallongement et digressions apparemment inutiles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of errance
- errances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce errance?
- /e.ʁɑ̃s/
- \ɛ.ʁɑ̃s\
- [ɛ.ʁɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to errance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is errance in French?
errance appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).