esti

\ɛs.ti\

/\ɛs.ti\/ intj

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The verdict

“esti” is uncommon French (frequency #52,048 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,048
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sacre, juron québécois, variante phonétique courante de hostie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esti · esti · French

esti · rank #52,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,048
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH errante

Nearest frequency peer: errante (-2 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 « esti »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « esti » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for esti
PropertyValue
Headwordesti
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\ɛs.ti\
Letters4
Frequency rank#52,048
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « esti » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.estitombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « errante » (#52,046), « euthanasier » (#52,050), « exagérons » (#52,051). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « esti » est au #52,048. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

esti is uncommon French at frequency #52,048 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ɛs.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sacre, juron québécois, variante phonétique courante de hostie.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for esti in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is esti, spelled E-S-T-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sacre, juron québécois, variante phonétique courante de hostie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il est où, le criss de livre, le seul, l'unique, qui va agir sur moi comme l'eau bouillante agit sur l'esti de poche de thé pour en révéler toutes les saveurs?

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 "esti"?
"esti" is spelled E-S-T-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.ti\.
What does "esti" mean?
As an interjection, "esti" means: Sacre, juron québécois, variante phonétique courante de hostie.
How do you pronounce "esti"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esti" is \ɛs.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esti" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exos#52,053frai#52,075Guam#52,091cult#51,997

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list