escompter
\ɛs.kɔ̃.te\
The verdict
“escompter” is uncommon French (frequency #87,612 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,612
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire l’escompte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-escompter · escompter · French
escompter · rank #87,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,612
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ESAT
Nearest frequency peer: ESAT (-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 « escompter »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entrevois
entrevois
12,396 corpus weight
- envolant
envolant
12,394 corpus weight
- ESAT
ESAT
12,390 corpus weight
- escompter
escompter
12,389 corpus weight
- Esra
Esra
12,388 corpus weight
- essayerait
essayerait
12,387 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « escompter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escompter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.kɔ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « escompter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
escompter is uncommon French at frequency #87,612 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.kɔ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for escompter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is escompter, spelled E-S-C-O-M-P-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire l’escompte.
- 2Se faire payer un effet de commerce d’avance.
- 3Dépenser d’avance, rapidement, prématurément.
- 4Bâtir des projets sur des espérances aléatoires.
- 5Se faire livrer, par le vendeur, pour l'acheteur, avant l’échéance, des titres achetés ferme ou à prime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escompter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle escompterait les lettres de change tirées sur nos places par les exportateurs de produits exotiques sans que ceux ci passassent sous les fourches caudines des banquiers londoniens.
Je crois que désormais, quand vous voudrez avoir la certitude d’escompter vos billets, vous ferez bien de les signer d’un nom autre que le vôtre.
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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