esquivant
\ɛs.ki.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“esquivant” is uncommon French (frequency #88,598 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,598
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de esquiver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esquivant · esquivant · French
esquivant · rank #88,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,598
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH essayistes
Nearest frequency peer: essayistes (+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 « esquivant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Erstein
Erstein
11,408 corpus weight
- escaladent
escaladent
11,406 corpus weight
- esquivant
esquivant
11,403 corpus weight
- essayistes
essayistes
11,402 corpus weight
- essuyées
essuyées
11,401 corpus weight
- estampillées
estampillées
11,400 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « esquivant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esquivant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.ki.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « esquivant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
esquivant is uncommon French at frequency #88,598 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.ki.vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de esquiver.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for esquivant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is esquivant, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-V-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de esquiver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how esquivant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par un pur et magnifique geste tauromachique, il avait jeté sa patte folle et pivoté comme un compas, esquivant les cent trente chevaux fous lancés sur lui, se réservant les banderilles pour plus tard.
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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