estampille
\ɛs.tɑ̃.pij\
The verdict
“estampille” is an uncommon French word, ranked #78,398 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,398
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Marque, empreinte qu’on applique, au lieu de signature, ou avec la signature même, sur des brevets, des commissions, des lettres, etc., pour mieux en assurer l’authenticité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estampille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.tɑ̃.pij\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estampille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for estampille is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.tɑ̃.pij\. Corpus data places it at rank #78,398 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
estampille has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is estampille, spelled E-S-T-A-M-P-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Marque, empreinte qu’on applique, au lieu de signature, ou avec la signature même, sur des brevets, des commissions, des lettres, etc., pour mieux en assurer l’authenticité.
- 2Marque servant à faire savoir d’où provient une marchandise, de quelle manufacture elle sort, ou à constater l’acquittement de certains droits.
- 3Marque apposée à un livre pour indiquer la bibliothèque à laquelle il appartient, marque apposée sur des livres, pour leur permettre de circuler, d’être vendus.
- 4Instrument qui sert à faire ces sortes de marques.
- 5Dans une base de données, marqueur de transaction.
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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Using “estampille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-S-T-A-M-P-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛs.tɑ̃.pij\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.