essência
\i.sˈẽ.sjɐ\
The verdict
“essência” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Essence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-essencia · essência · French
essência · 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 | essência |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \i.sˈẽ.sjɐ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « essência » en français
Rare enough to double-check
essência is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.sˈẽ.sjɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
essência has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is essência, spelled E-S-S-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Essence.
- 2Essence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how essência appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a essência humana.
Nossos bisavós e avós tinham menos acertos de casal a fazer e (...) A resposta aos impasses fundamentais da vida a dois — que em essência são insolúveis — não era resolvê-los, mas regulá-los.
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.