esperluette

\es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\

/\es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\/ noun

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.

Key facts for esperluette
PropertyValue
Headwordesperluette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « esperluette » en français

esperluettereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Logogramme & correspondant à la conjonction de coordination et.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how esperluette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On doit éviter ce barbarisme, et faire dire Et, au lieu de, Esperluette.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esperluette"?
"esperluette" is spelled E-S-P-E-R-L-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\.
What does "esperluette" mean?
As a noun, "esperluette" means: Logogramme & correspondant à la conjonction de coordination et.
How do you pronounce "esperluette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esperluette" is \es.pɛʁ.lɥɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esperluette" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list