ester

/\ɛs.tɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,506

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ester is aFrenchnoun. It means: Molécule obtenue par la réaction chimique entre un alcool et un oxoacide. Pronounced \ɛs.tɛʁ\. Often confused with été and êtes.

Key facts for ester
PropertyValue
Headwordester
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.tɛʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,506
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ester is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.tɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,506 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Molécule obtenue par la réaction chimique entre un alcool et un oxoacide.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for ester, with forms such as "esetr", "esster", and "esterr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "été", "êtes", "ever", 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 ester, spelled E-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Molécule obtenue par la réaction chimique entre un alcool et un oxoacide.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esetr,esster,esterr,estre,estter,etser,seter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ester

Misspelling Variants of "ester"

esetr5esster6esterr6estre5estter6etser5seter5
Misspelling Variants of "ester"

Frequency rank: #35,506 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ester"?
"ester" is spelled E-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.tɛʁ\.
What does "ester" mean?
As a noun, "ester" means: Molécule obtenue par la réaction chimique entre un alcool et un oxoacide.
What words are commonly confused with "ester"?
"ester" is commonly confused with "été", "êtes", "ever". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ester"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ester" is \ɛs.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ester" come from?
"ester" 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.