estoc

\ɛs.tɔk\

/\ɛs.tɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“estoc” is uncommon French (frequency #71,502 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,502
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épée d’armes frappant de pointe (XVᵉ-XVIᵉ siècle).

Corpus desk

Index FR-estoc · estoc · French

estoc · rank #71,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,502
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH essuyez

Nearest frequency peer: essuyez (-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 « estoc »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estoc
PropertyValue
Headwordestoc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.tɔk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,502
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « estoc » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.estoctombe 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: « essuyez » (#71,501), « essuya » (#71,500), « eurasiatique » (#71,504). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « estoc » est au #71,502. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estoc is uncommon French at frequency #71,502 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.tɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for estoc, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is estoc, spelled E-S-T-O-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épée d’armes frappant de pointe (XVᵉ-XVIᵉ siècle).
  2. 2
    L’héritage paternel.
  3. 3
    Épée longue et étroite qui ne servait qu’à percer.
  4. 4
    Pointe de la lame d’une épée, d’un sabre.
  5. 5
    Coup porté par cette même pointe d’une épée, d’un sabre dans le but de transpercer l'adversaire (en opposition à un coup de taille porté par le tranchant de la lame dans le but de trancher son adversaire).
  6. 6
    Tronc d’arbre.
  7. 7
    Pénis en érection.
  8. 8
    Crête de rochers n'apparaissant qu'à marée basse dans la mer et dangereuse pour la navigation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le capitaine était brave et se serait fort peu soucié d’un larron l’estoc au poing.
  2. La décomposition du chétif estoc de ceux-ci s’opérait avec d’autant plus de rapidité, qu’ils se mariaient

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 "estoc"?
"estoc" is spelled E-S-T-O-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.tɔk\.
What does "estoc" mean?
As a noun, "estoc" means: Épée d’armes frappant de pointe (XVᵉ-XVIᵉ siècle).
How do you pronounce "estoc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estoc" is \ɛs.tɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estoc" come from?
"estoc" 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 "estoc", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erbil#71,498déité#71,456goret#71,553Hurst#71,585

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list