esclaffe
\ɛs.klaf\
The verdict
“esclaffe” is uncommon French (frequency #96,893 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,893
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de esclaffer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esclaffe · esclaffe · French
esclaffe · rank #96,893 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,893
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH escortant
Nearest frequency peer: escortant (+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 « esclaffe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entrejeu
entrejeu
3,114 corpus weight
- esclaffe
esclaffe
3,108 corpus weight
- escortant
escortant
3,107 corpus weight
- espiègles
espiègles
3,105 corpus weight
- esto
esto
3,104 corpus weight
- estudiantin
estudiantin
3,103 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « esclaffe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esclaffe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.klaf\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,893 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « esclaffe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
esclaffe is uncommon French at frequency #96,893 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.klaf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for esclaffe, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 esclaffe, spelled E-S-C-L-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de esclaffer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de esclaffer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de esclaffer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de esclaffer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de esclaffer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how esclaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’évoque alors en rafale les rumeurs courant les salles de rédaction sur Ze Plan, qui instaurerait dans certains quartiers une sharia soft, mais Serge s’esclaffe « tout cela provient de la fuite d’un scénario de type « ultra-accommodant » de la cellule Prospective du ministère de l’Intérieur, c’est payé pour ça les cellules Prospectives, gamberger sans ta…
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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