estiment

\ɛs.tim\

/\ɛs.tim\/ verb

The verdict

“estiment” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,690
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de estimer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-estiment · estiment · French

estiment · rank #7,690 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,690
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH essayant

Nearest frequency peer: essayant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « estiment »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « estiment » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

estiment vs estimer
75% similar
estiment vs estimez
75% similar
estiment vs estimes
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for estiment
PropertyValue
Headwordestiment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛs.tim\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,690
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « estiment »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).estimentse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « essayant » (#7,689), « enterré » (#7,688), « extérieures » (#7,692). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « estiment » est au #7,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around estiment (IPA \ɛs.tim\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,690 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for estiment, with forms such as "esitment", "esstiment", and "estiemnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "estimer", "estimez", "estimes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is estiment, spelled E-S-T-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de estimer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de estimer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les leaders potentiels se sentent parfois surutilisés, n’ont pas assez de temps pour tout faire et estiment qu’on ne peut leur en demander plus.
  2. Ils s’estiment trahis par une élite qui a conduit des réformes dont ils ne comprennent pas le sens et qui, au nom de la compétitivité, leur paraît sacrifier les droits sociaux au profit des entreprises et d’une minorité ultra-qualifiée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esitment
  • esstiment
  • estiemnt
  • estimennt
  • estimentt
  • estimetn
  • estimment
  • estimnet
  • estmient
  • esttiment
  • etsiment
  • setiment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of estiment - 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.

esitment2esstiment1estiemnt2estimennt1estimentt1estimetn2estimment1estimnet2
Edit distance from "estiment"

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 "estiment"?
"estiment" is spelled E-S-T-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.tim\.
What does "estiment" mean?
As a verb, "estiment" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de estimer.
What words are commonly confused with "estiment"?
"estiment" is commonly confused with "estimer", "estimez", "estimes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "estiment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estiment" is \ɛs.tim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estiment" come from?
"estiment" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list