errances
\ɛ.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“errances” is uncommon French (frequency #53,935 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,935
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de errance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-errances · errances · French
errances · rank #53,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,935
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Erevan
Nearest frequency peer: Erevan (-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 « errances »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entry
entry
46,070 corpus weight
- Erevan
Erevan
46,068 corpus weight
- errances
errances
46,066 corpus weight
- espadon
espadon
46,064 corpus weight
- esse
esse
46,063 corpus weight
- essoufflée
essoufflée
46,062 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « errances » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | errances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « errances » en français
Rare enough to double-check
errances is uncommon French at frequency #53,935 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de errance.".
Zero misspellings are on record for errances in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is errances, spelled E-R-R-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de errance.
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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