esprit-de-bois
\ɛs.pʁid.bwa\
The verdict
“esprit-de-bois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Méthanol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esprit-de-bois · esprit-de-bois · French
esprit-de-bois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | esprit-de-bois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pʁid.bwa\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
esprit-de-bois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pʁid.bwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Méthanol.".
Zero misspellings are on record for esprit-de-bois in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is esprit-de-bois, spelled E-S-P-R-I-T---D-E---B-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Méthanol.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how esprit-de-bois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet éther, décomposé convenablement, fixe les éléments de l’eau, en perdant ceux de l’acide chlorhydrique, et se change en esprit-de-bois
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.