escamoter
\ɛs.ka.mɔ.te\
The verdict
“escamoter” is uncommon French (frequency #92,703 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,703
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire disparaître quelque chose par un tour de main, sans que les spectateurs ne s’en aperçoivent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escamoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.ka.mɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escamoter” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
escamoter is uncommon French at frequency #92,703 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.ka.mɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for escamoter in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 escamoter, spelled E-S-C-A-M-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire disparaître quelque chose par un tour de main, sans que les spectateurs ne s’en aperçoivent.
- 2Cacher quelque chose ou quelqu'un, pour tromper.
- 3Camoufler, cacher, dissimuler (sans idée de tromperie).
- 4Dérober subtilement, sans qu’on ne s’en aperçoive.
- 5Faire disparaître un organe saillant à l’intérieur d’une cloison.
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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Using “escamoter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-S-C-A-M-O-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛs.ka.mɔ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.