estat
\əs.ˈtat\
The verdict
“estat” is uncommon French (frequency #77,495 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,495
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État.
Corpus desk
Index FR-estat · estat · French
estat · rank #77,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,495
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH esthètes
Nearest frequency peer: esthètes (+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 « estat »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- essayeront
essayeront
22,508 corpus weight
- estat
estat
22,506 corpus weight
- esthètes
esthètes
22,505 corpus weight
- estimable
estimable
22,504 corpus weight
- Estonienne
Estonienne
22,503 corpus weight
- Ethiopian
Ethiopian
22,501 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « estat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \əs.ˈtat\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « estat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
estat is uncommon French at frequency #77,495 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \əs.ˈtat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for estat, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 estat, spelled E-S-T-A-T.
Definition
- 1État.
- 2Manière d’être, état.
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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