estime
\ɛs.tim\
The verdict
“estime” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,952
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opinion favorable que l’on a de quelqu’un, fondée sur la connaissance de son mérite, de ses bonnes qualités, de ses vertus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-estime · estime · French
estime · rank #1,952 · 8 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,952
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enfance
Nearest frequency peer: enfance (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “estime”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- contraireme…
contrairement
98,052 corpus weight
- défaut
défaut
98,051 corpus weight
- enfance
enfance
98,050 corpus weight
- estime
estime
98,049 corpus weight
- gare
gare
98,048 corpus weight
- glace
glace
98,047 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “estime” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.tim\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estime” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around estime (IPA \ɛs.tim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,952 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for estime, with forms such as "esitme", "esstime", and "estiem". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "étire", "Estrie", "estimer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 estime, spelled E-S-T-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Opinion favorable que l’on a de quelqu’un, fondée sur la connaissance de son mérite, de ses bonnes qualités, de ses vertus.
- 2Cas que l’on fait de certaines choses.
- 3Calcul approximatif que le pilote fait tous les jours de la distance parcourue par le navire, afin de juger à peu près du lieu où l’on est et du chemin qu’on a fait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoiqu'elle fût certaine de conserver un grand empire sur Victor et d'avoir obtenu son estime pour toujours, elle craignait l'influence des passions sur un homme si nul et si vaniteusement irréfléchi.
L'empereur Napoléon Ier a souvent répété qu'il avait coutume d'accorder trois sortes d'estime, qu'il répartissait de la manière suivante : estime de caractère; estime de confiance, estime de talent.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esitme
- esstime
- estiem
- estimme
- estmie
- esttime
- etsime
- setime
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estime - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "estime", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "estime". Here's where to go from here.
- "estime" maps to 15 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "étire". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,952 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.