Essling

name

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The verdict

“Essling” is uncommon French (frequency #93,745 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,745
frequency rank, French
201,161
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancienne commune autrichienne, devenue un quartier de Vienne, surtout citée en référence à la bataille qui y a eu lieu en 1809.

Key facts for Essling
PropertyValue
HeadwordEssling
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,745
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Essling” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Essling lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Essling is uncommon French at frequency #93,745 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne commune autrichienne, devenue un quartier de Vienne, surtout citée en référence à la bataille qui y a eu lieu en 1809.".

Essling has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Essling, spelled E-S-S-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancienne commune autrichienne, devenue un quartier de Vienne, surtout citée en référence à la bataille qui y a eu lieu en 1809.

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 "Essling"?
"Essling" is spelled E-S-S-L-I-N-G.
What does "Essling" mean?
As a proper noun, "Essling" means: Ancienne commune autrichienne, devenue un quartier de Vienne, surtout citée en référence à la bataille qui y a eu lieu en 1809.
What language does "Essling" come from?
"Essling" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Essling”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-S-S-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list