esculape
\ɛs.ky.lap\
The verdict
“esculape” is uncommon French (frequency #92,705 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,705
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très bon médecin ; personne qui démontre un talent exceptionnel en médecine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esculape · esculape · French
esculape · rank #92,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,705
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH escande
Nearest frequency peer: escande (-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 « esculape »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- EPC
EPC
7,300 corpus weight
- escamoter
escamoter
7,298 corpus weight
- escande
escande
7,297 corpus weight
- esculape
esculape
7,296 corpus weight
- essentialis…
essentialiste
7,294 corpus weight
- essuyée
essuyée
7,293 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « esculape » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esculape |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.ky.lap\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « esculape » en français
Rare enough to double-check
esculape is uncommon French at frequency #92,705 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.ky.lap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très bon médecin ; personne qui démontre un talent exceptionnel en médecine.".
esculape has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is esculape, spelled E-S-C-U-L-A-P-E.
Definition
- 1Très bon médecin ; personne qui démontre un talent exceptionnel en médecine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how esculape appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; l’hygiène militaire est donc une partie de l’hygiène générale, qui par son importance a occupé les loisirs des Esculapes de tous les siècles : […].
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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