estafette
\ɛs.ta.fɛt\
The verdict
“estafette” is uncommon French (frequency #85,706 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,706
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tout courrier chargé d’une dépêche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-estafette · estafette · French
estafette · rank #85,706 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,706
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH essaimer
Nearest frequency peer: essaimer (-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 « estafette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entretienne
entretienne
14,299 corpus weight
- essaimer
essaimer
14,296 corpus weight
- estafette
estafette
14,295 corpus weight
- estimateur
estimateur
14,294 corpus weight
- excusa
excusa
14,292 corpus weight
- exposons
exposons
14,291 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « estafette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estafette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.ta.fɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « estafette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
estafette is uncommon French at frequency #85,706 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.ta.fɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for estafette in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is estafette, spelled E-S-T-A-F-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tout courrier chargé d’une dépêche.
- 2Soldat chargé de transmettre des messages ; agent de liaison.
- 3Automobile utilitaire de marque Renault.
- 4Véhicule de transport de personnes, d’un volume rappelant celui de l’Estafette Renault.
- 5Synonyme de anomie pelure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estafette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette nouvelle venait d’être apportée par une estafette qui avait réussi à pénétrer dans la ville, et qui était chargée d’en faire ouvrir les portes à la colonne.
Je revenais dans l'auto des estafettes, portant des piles et d'autres accessoires lorsque nous offrîmes une place à une sorte d'ambulancier.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).