erste
\ˈeːɐ̯stə\
The verdict
“erste” is uncommon French (frequency #95,878 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,878
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Premier, première.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erste · erste · French
erste · rank #95,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,878
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH eram
Nearest frequency peer: eram (-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 « erste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entreprenons
entreprenons
4,127 corpus weight
- entêtent
entêtent
4,126 corpus weight
- eram
eram
4,124 corpus weight
- erste
erste
4,123 corpus weight
- Erza
Erza
4,122 corpus weight
- española
española
4,120 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « erste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈeːɐ̯stə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « erste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
erste is uncommon French at frequency #95,878 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈeːɐ̯stə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erste, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is erste, spelled E-R-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Premier, première.
- 2Plus important, dirigeant.
- 3Le meilleur ou le plus considérable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir haben uns über den ersten Schnee gefreut.
In der Bibel steht geschrieben, dass Adam der erste Mensch war.
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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