esclandre
\ɛs.klɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“esclandre” is uncommon French (frequency #65,137 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,137
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bruit, éclat scandaleux provenant de quelque acte fâcheux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esclandre · esclandre · French
esclandre · rank #65,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,137
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH esbroufe
Nearest frequency peer: esbroufe (-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 « esclandre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Erwann
Erwann
34,866 corpus weight
- esbroufe
esbroufe
34,865 corpus weight
- esclandre
esclandre
34,864 corpus weight
- ESN
ESN
34,863 corpus weight
- eternity
eternity
34,862 corpus weight
- ethniquement
ethniquement
34,861 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « esclandre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esclandre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.klɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « esclandre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
esclandre is uncommon French at frequency #65,137 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.klɑ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bruit, éclat scandaleux provenant de quelque acte fâcheux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for esclandre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is esclandre, spelled E-S-C-L-A-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Bruit, éclat scandaleux provenant de quelque acte fâcheux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how esclandre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Giselle, ajouta-t-il après un moment de silence, vous lui direz de ma part de venir demain... s'il ne vient pas, j'irai faire une esclandre au château, c'est sûr!
La cordonnière, qui apprend cela par la cuisinière, vient me voir ; nous nous montons la tête, elle veut faire une esclandre.
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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