ers
\ɛʁ\
The verdict
“ers” is uncommon French (frequency #62,256 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,256
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de lentille
Corpus desk
Index FR-ers · ers · French
ers · rank #62,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,256
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH erg
Nearest frequency peer: erg (-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 « ers »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entrecoupés
entrecoupés
37,748 corpus weight
- envoûtement
envoûtement
37,747 corpus weight
- erg
erg
37,746 corpus weight
- ers
ers
37,745 corpus weight
- escadres
escadres
37,744 corpus weight
- essaieront
essaieront
37,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ers is uncommon French at frequency #62,256 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ers, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ers, spelled E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de lentille
- 2Nom vernaculaire de Vicia ervilia, plante fourragère de la famille des Fabacées (Fabaceae) dont les graines contenant de la canavanine sont toxiques et peuvent être consommées après plusieurs rinçage à l'eau bouillante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Gaulois cultivent essentiellement les céréales et les légumineuses. Parmi les premières, les plus courantes sont différentes sortes de blé ([…]), l'orge, l'avoine et le millet. Les secondes sont la lentille, le pois, la féverole, l’ers et la vesce.
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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