esperluette
\es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\
The verdict
“esperluette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Logogramme & correspondant à la conjonction de coordination et.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esperluette · esperluette · French
esperluette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | esperluette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « esperluette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
esperluette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Logogramme & correspondant à la conjonction de coordination et.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for esperluette, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 esperluette, spelled E-S-P-E-R-L-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Logogramme & correspondant à la conjonction de coordination et.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how esperluette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On doit éviter ce barbarisme, et faire dire Et, au lieu de, Esperluette.
L’esperluette permet d’opérer une distinction entre les champs d’une classe et les composants d’un type SEQUENCE ou SET.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.