estompent
\ɛs.tɔ̃p\
The verdict
“estompent” is uncommon French (frequency #54,569 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,569
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de estomper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-estompent · estompent · French
estompent · rank #54,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,569
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH essential
Nearest frequency peer: essential (-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 « estompent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- erf
erf
45,436 corpus weight
- escarpement
escarpement
45,435 corpus weight
- essential
essential
45,433 corpus weight
- estompent
estompent
45,432 corpus weight
- exalter
exalter
45,430 corpus weight
- excavations
excavations
45,429 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « estompent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estompent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.tɔ̃p\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « estompent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
estompent is uncommon French at frequency #54,569 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.tɔ̃p\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for estompent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 estompent, spelled E-S-T-O-M-P-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de estomper.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de estomper.
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.
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