estragon
\ɛs.tʁa.ɡɔ̃\
The verdict
“estragon” is uncommon French (frequency #62,977 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,977
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom usuel de Artemisia dracunculus, plante potagère, herbacée, perenne, odoriférante, de la famille des Asteraceae (Astéracées, dont on se sert comme assaisonnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-estragon · estragon · French
estragon · rank #62,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,977
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH espionnes
Nearest frequency peer: espionnes (-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 « estragon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entrelacés
entrelacés
37,029 corpus weight
- entrerai
entrerai
37,028 corpus weight
- espionnes
espionnes
37,025 corpus weight
- estragon
estragon
37,024 corpus weight
- Etchebest
Etchebest
37,022 corpus weight
- Europol
Europol
37,020 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « estragon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estragon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.tʁa.ɡɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « estragon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
estragon is uncommon French at frequency #62,977 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.tʁa.ɡɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom usuel de Artemisia dracunculus, plante potagère, herbacée, perenne, odoriférante, de la famille des Asteraceae (Astéracées, dont on se sert comme assaisonnement.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for estragon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 estragon, spelled E-S-T-R-A-G-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel de Artemisia dracunculus, plante potagère, herbacée, perenne, odoriférante, de la famille des Asteraceae (Astéracées, dont on se sert comme assaisonnement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estragon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’estragon ne requiert pas de soins particuliers, mais il dégénère rapidement.
Après le «coronation chicken», le poulet poché servi pour le couronnement d'Elizabeth II en 1953, Charles et Camilla ont annoncé lundi la recette de leur choix pour leur jour J: une quiche aux épinards, fèves et estragon.
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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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