estampe

/\ɛs.tɑ̃p\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,019

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

estampe is aFrenchnoun. It 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. Pronounced \ɛs.tɑ̃p\. Often confused with étape and estime.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of estampe in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for estampe is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.tɑ̃p\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,019 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for estampe, with forms such as "esatmpe", "esstampe", and "estamep". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "étape", "estime", "estate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is estampe, spelled E-S-T-A-M-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esatmpe,esstampe,estamep,estammpe,estamppe,estapme,estmape,esttampe,etsampe,setampe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for estampe

Misspelling Variants of "estampe"

esatmpe7esstampe8estamep7estammpe8estamppe8estapme7estmape7esttampe8
Misspelling Variants of "estampe"

Frequency rank: #31,019 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.