essuie-glace
\ɛ.sɥi.ɡlas\
The verdict
“essuie-glace” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Balai, raclette fixé à un bras mobile servant à essuyer le pare-brise d’un véhicule, particulièrement d’une automobile.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | essuie-glace |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.sɥi.ɡlas\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “essuie-glace” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
essuie-glace is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.sɥi.ɡlas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Balai, raclette fixé à un bras mobile servant à essuyer le pare-brise d’un véhicule, particulièrement d’une automobile.".
essuie-glace doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is essuie-glace, spelled E-S-S-U-I-E---G-L-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Balai, raclette fixé à un bras mobile servant à essuyer le pare-brise d’un véhicule, particulièrement d’une automobile.
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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.
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Using “essuie-glace”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-S-S-U-I-E---G-L-A-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ.sɥi.ɡlas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.