espada
\ɛs.pa.da\
The verdict
“espada” is uncommon French (frequency #84,773 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,773
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poisson noir effilé typique des eaux de Madère (sabre : Trichiurus lepturus).
Corpus desk
Index FR-espada · espada · French
espada · rank #84,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,773
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH ernotte
Nearest frequency peer: ernotte (-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 « espada »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- equus
equus
15,232 corpus weight
- ergonomiques
ergonomiques
15,231 corpus weight
- erlangen
erlangen
15,230 corpus weight
- ernotte
ernotte
15,229 corpus weight
- espada
espada
15,228 corpus weight
- estaminet
estaminet
15,227 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « espada » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espada |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pa.da\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « espada » en français
Rare enough to double-check
espada is uncommon French at frequency #84,773 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pa.da\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Poisson noir effilé typique des eaux de Madère (sabre : Trichiurus lepturus).".
espada has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is espada, spelled E-S-P-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Poisson noir effilé typique des eaux de Madère (sabre : Trichiurus lepturus).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how espada appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À la recherche d'un espada, nous avions cherché l'étal d'un poissonnier car au restaurant, après l'inévitable plat de morue, on nous en avait servi et il s'était avéré particulièrement fin et goûteux.
Mais la spécialité est sans contredit le filet d’espada, ce poisson noir effilé typique des eaux de Madère.
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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