estocade

\ɛs.tɔ.kad\

/\ɛs.tɔ.kad\/ noun

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The verdict

“estocade” is uncommon French (frequency #82,935 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,935
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épée longue et droite, sans tranchant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-estocade · estocade · French

estocade · rank #82,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,935
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH essayai

Nearest frequency peer: essayai (-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 « estocade »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for estocade
PropertyValue
Headwordestocade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.tɔ.kad\
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « estocade » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).estocadetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « essayai » (#82,934), « especial » (#82,933), « expansionnisme » (#82,939). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « estocade » est au #82,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estocade is uncommon French at frequency #82,935 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.tɔ.kad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

estocade has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is estocade, spelled E-S-T-O-C-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épée longue et droite, sans tranchant.
  2. 2
    Grand coup allongé d’épée ou de fleuret donné avec la pointe de l’arme.
  3. 3
    Coup d’épée porté par le matador pour achever le taureau.
  4. 4
    Attaque violente et soudaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ambroise parut bientôt au réfectoire, où les bénédictins récitaient malines en l’attendant ; il n’avait pas quitté son froc et sa cagoule, mais endossé par-dessous une cotte de mailles et posé sur sa tête un heaume dont la visière et le ventail fermés se recourbaient comme un bec d’aiglon, et dont le cimier représentait des os de mort en croix ; il s’étai…
  2. Encore un mot. Ne vous faites pas un point d’honneur de ne pas rompre ; au contraire, faites-le marcher ; il manque d’haleine, essoufflez-le, et, quand vous trouverez votre belle, une bonne estocade dans la poitrine, et votre homme est à bas.

Synonyms

estoc

This word in other languages

death blow(English)estocada(Español)

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 "estocade"?
"estocade" is spelled E-S-T-O-C-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.tɔ.kad\.
What does "estocade" mean?
As a noun, "estocade" means: Épée longue et droite, sans tranchant.
How do you pronounce "estocade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estocade" is \ɛs.tɔ.kad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estocade" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

especial#82,933fabriqua#82,941fauchage#82,948feignent#82,951

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list