esquisse

\ɛs.kis\

/\ɛs.kis\/ noun

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The verdict

“esquisse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,739
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Premier trait d’un dessin ; ébauche, essai en petit d’un ouvrage de peinture, de sculpture ou d’architecture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esquisse · esquisse · French

esquisse · rank #18,739 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,739
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enfreint

Nearest frequency peer: enfreint (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « esquisse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « esquisse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

esquisse vs exquise
75% similar
esquisse vs esquivé
63% similar
esquisse vs esquisser
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for esquisse
PropertyValue
Headwordesquisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.kis\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,739
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « esquisse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.esquissese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « enfreint » (#18,738), « Estonie » (#18,740), « enfoncé » (#18,737). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « esquisse » est au #18,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around esquisse (IPA \ɛs.kis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,739 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for esquisse, with forms such as "eqsuisse", "esqiusse", and "esqquisse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exquise", "esquivé", "esquisser", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is esquisse, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Premier trait d’un dessin ; ébauche, essai en petit d’un ouvrage de peinture, de sculpture ou d’architecture.
  2. 2
    Premier jet ou première mouture d’un ouvrage de l’esprit.
  3. 3
    Description sommaire.
  4. 4
    Début, à peine visible, d'une action.
  5. 5
    Phase à peine entamée et devant être développée d’une idée, réflexion, etc.
  6. 6
    Document cartographique, souvent provisoire, présentant l’aspect général d’un phénomène.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Milva qui aimait la pêche mais avait horreur de la chasse, rata une première esquisse au crayon.
  2. Vous savez combien sont menteuses ces esquisses, le fruit de hideuses spéculations qui s’en prennent à la personne des gens célèbres, comme si leurs visages étaient des propriétés publiques.

Synonyms

croquis

This word in other languages

sketch(English)esbozo(Español)Skizze(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eqsuisse
  • esqiusse
  • esqquisse
  • esquise
  • esquises
  • esqusise
  • essquisse
  • esuqisse
  • sequisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esquisse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eqsuisse2esqiusse2esqquisse1esquise1esquises2esqusise2essquisse1esuqisse2
Edit distance from "esquisse"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esquisse"?
"esquisse" is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.kis\.
What does "esquisse" mean?
As a noun, "esquisse" means: Premier trait d’un dessin ; ébauche, essai en petit d’un ouvrage de peinture, de sculpture ou d’architecture.
What words are commonly confused with "esquisse"?
"esquisse" is commonly confused with "exquise", "esquivé", "esquisser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "esquisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esquisse" is \ɛs.kis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esquisse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esquisse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enfreint#18,738expulsés#18,746désarroi#18,730ficelles#18,750

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Estonie9 variantsfachos9 variantsdécolle9 variantsforger9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list