estre
\ɛtʁ\
The verdict
“estre” is uncommon French (frequency #50,206 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,206
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancienne orthographe de être.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
estre is uncommon French at frequency #50,206 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne orthographe de être.".
Zero misspellings are on record for estre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 estre, spelled E-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ancienne orthographe de être.
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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Using “estre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.