esquinte
\ɛs.kɛ̃t\
The verdict
“esquinte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de esquinter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esquinte · esquinte · French
esquinte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | esquinte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.kɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « esquinte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
esquinte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.kɛ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for esquinte in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is esquinte, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de esquinter.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de esquinter.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de esquinter.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de esquinter.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de esquinter.
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.