escogriffe
\ɛs.kɔ.ɡʁif\
The verdict
“escogriffe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui prend hardiment sans demander.
Corpus desk
Index FR-escogriffe · escogriffe · French
escogriffe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | escogriffe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.kɔ.ɡʁif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
escogriffe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.kɔ.ɡʁif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for escogriffe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is escogriffe, spelled E-S-C-O-G-R-I-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Homme qui prend hardiment sans demander.
- 2Homme de grande taille et dégingandé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escogriffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Écoutez bien, je dis pour changer : Ô bon peuple de Paris ! vous êtes un tas de niais, et vos seigneurs, vos nobles de robe et d’épée, ne sont que d’hypocrites fraudeurs et de fieffés escogriffes !
Et dire que ce grand escogriffe avait l’air d’aimer les chevaux ! C’était les palefreniers qu’il aimait.
Synonyms
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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.