estampe

\ɛs.tɑ̃p\

/\ɛs.tɑ̃p\/ noun

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The verdict

“estampe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,019
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Image imprimée sur du papier, sur du vélin, par le moyen d’une planche de bois, de métal, de linoléum qui est gravée, ou bien d'autres méthodes telles que le crayon sur plaque de pierre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-estampe · estampe · French

estampe · rank #31,019 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,019
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exemplarité

Nearest frequency peer: exemplarité (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « estampe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « estampe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

estampe vs étape
57% similar
estampe vs estime
71% similar
estampe vs estate
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for estampe
PropertyValue
Headwordestampe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.tɑ̃p\
Letters7
Frequency rank#31,019
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « estampe »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).estampese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exemplarité » (#31,020), « Erica » (#31,017), « environnant » (#31,015). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « estampe » est au #31,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around estampe (IPA \ɛs.tɑ̃p\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,019 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for estampe, with forms such as "esatmpe", "esstampe", and "estamep". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "étape", "estime", "estate", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 estampe, spelled E-S-T-A-M-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Image imprimée sur du papier, sur du vélin, par le moyen d’une planche de bois, de métal, de linoléum qui est gravée, ou bien d'autres méthodes telles que le crayon sur plaque de pierre.
  2. 2
    Se dit de certains outils de serrurerie et de maréchalerie qui servent à estamper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how estampe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette estampe fait partie d’une suite de sept planches que je possède en anciennes épreuves. Et il faut se méfier : car on a tiré depuis avec les vieux cuivres.
  2. Un art gardait le privilège de la sincérité dans le détail des figures nues : la gravure. On peut affirmer que depuis l'invention de l’estampe jusqu'au XIXᵉ siècle la majorité des graveurs fut hostile à toute suppression.

This word in other languages

print(English)estampa(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esatmpe
  • esstampe
  • estamep
  • estammpe
  • estamppe
  • estapme
  • estmape
  • esttampe
  • etsampe
  • setampe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estampe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esatmpe2esstampe1estamep2estammpe1estamppe1estapme2estmape2esttampe1
Edit distance from "estampe"

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 "estampe"?
"estampe" is spelled E-S-T-A-M-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.tɑ̃p\.
What does "estampe" mean?
As a noun, "estampe" means: Image imprimée sur du papier, sur du vélin, par le moyen d’une planche de bois, de métal, de linoléum qui est gravée, ou bien d'autres méthodes telles que le crayon sur plaque de pierre.
What words are commonly confused with "estampe"?
"estampe" is commonly confused with "étape", "estime", "estate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estampe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estampe" is \ɛs.tɑ̃p\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estampe" come from?
"estampe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estampe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

frileux10 variantsdélaisse10 variantsfêtent10 variantsGoliath10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list