estivaux

\ɛs.ti.vo\

/\ɛs.ti.vo\/ adj

The verdict

“estivaux” is uncommon French (frequency #57,934 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,934
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de estival.

Corpus desk

Index FR-estivaux · estivaux · French

estivaux · rank #57,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,934
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH estimais

Nearest frequency peer: estimais (-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 « estivaux »

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 « estivaux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estivaux
PropertyValue
Headwordestivaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛs.ti.vo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,934
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « estivaux » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).estivauxtombe 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: « estimais » (#57,933), « estima » (#57,932), « Espelette » (#57,931). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « estivaux » est au #57,934. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estivaux is uncommon French at frequency #57,934 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛs.ti.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de estival.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for estivaux, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is estivaux, spelled E-S-T-I-V-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de estival.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nils Guyon, très performant en Catalogne comme lors de tous les tournois estivaux de 2021, est encore de la fête.

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 "estivaux"?
"estivaux" is spelled E-S-T-I-V-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.ti.vo\.
What does "estivaux" mean?
As an adjective, "estivaux" means: Masculin pluriel de estival.
How do you pronounce "estivaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estivaux" is \ɛs.ti.vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list