Esdras
\e.dʁa\
The verdict
“Esdras” is uncommon French (frequency #75,668 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,668
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la Bible, Juif, descendant d’Aaron.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esdras · Esdras · French
Esdras · rank #75,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,668
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH errantes
Nearest frequency peer: errantes (-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 « Esdras »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entresol
entresol
24,339 corpus weight
- Ernaux
Ernaux
24,335 corpus weight
- errantes
errantes
24,334 corpus weight
- Esdras
Esdras
24,333 corpus weight
- exiguë
exiguë
24,328 corpus weight
- exorbitante
exorbitante
24,327 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Esdras » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Esdras |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.dʁa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,668 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Esdras » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Esdras is uncommon French at frequency #75,668 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.dʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Esdras, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Esdras, spelled E-S-D-R-A-S.
Definition
- 1Dans la Bible, Juif, descendant d’Aaron.
- 2Nom du quinzième livre de l’Ancien Testament, composé de dix chapitres.
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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