esquimau
\ɛs.ki.mo\
The verdict
“esquimau” is uncommon French (frequency #69,058 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,058
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au peuple habitant les terres arctiques du Groënland, du Canada, de l’Alaska et de la Sibérie ; à sa langue et sa culture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esquimau · esquimau · French
esquimau · rank #69,058 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,058
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH eschatologique
Nearest frequency peer: eschatologique (-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 « esquimau »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- errait
errait
30,946 corpus weight
- escampette
escampette
30,945 corpus weight
- eschatologi…
eschatologique
30,944 corpus weight
- esquimau
esquimau
30,943 corpus weight
- esquives
esquives
30,942 corpus weight
- essaierait
essaierait
30,941 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « esquimau » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esquimau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛs.ki.mo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « esquimau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
esquimau is uncommon French at frequency #69,058 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛs.ki.mo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif au peuple habitant les terres arctiques du Groënland, du Canada, de l’Alaska et de la Sibérie ; à sa langue et sa culture.".
No misspelling variants are generated for esquimau in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is esquimau, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-M-A-U.
Definition
- 1Relatif au peuple habitant les terres arctiques du Groënland, du Canada, de l’Alaska et de la Sibérie ; à sa langue et sa culture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how esquimau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est l’histoire d’un bébé esquimau qui deviendra grand et chasseur comme ses ancêtres […]
Le petit village esquimau de Shishmaref posé sur un îlot aux confins de l’Alaska s’enfonce dans la mer un peu plus chaque année, victime du réchauffement climatique, et doit déménager sur le continent, au risque de perdre son identité.
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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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