escabelle
\ɛs.ka.bɛl\
The verdict
“escabelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escabeau, siège de bois sans bras ni dossier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-escabelle · escabelle · French
escabelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escabelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.ka.bɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « escabelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
escabelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.ka.bɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
escabelle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is escabelle, spelled E-S-C-A-B-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Escabeau, siège de bois sans bras ni dossier.
- 2Escabeau, échelle autoportante grâce à sa forme en V inversé lui donnant en tout quatre pieds.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escabelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il restait suspendu au bord d’une table de granit, le bras tendu comme celui d’un fakir de l’Inde, tandis que son père, assis sur une escabelle, attendait, dans le silence et dans les ténèbres, le plus grossier des coquillages, et du pain, si le voulait la mer.
Puis, çà et là, des escabelles à trois pieds, formées par des bâtons fichés dans une simple planche de fayard, une huche à pain, une grosse cuiller en bois pour puiser de l’eau, un seau et des poteries pour le lait, un rouet sur la huche, quelques clayons à fromages, des murs noirs, une porte vermoulue ayant une imposte à claire-voie ; tels étaient la déc…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.