estrella
\esˈtɾe.ʎa\
The verdict
“estrella” is uncommon French (frequency #66,726 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,726
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-estrella · estrella · French
estrella · rank #66,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,726
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH essayèrent
Nearest frequency peer: essayèrent (-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 « estrella »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- equal
equal
33,279 corpus weight
- escoffier
escoffier
33,278 corpus weight
- essayèrent
essayèrent
33,276 corpus weight
- estrella
estrella
33,275 corpus weight
- Eutrope
Eutrope
33,274 corpus weight
- exemptées
exemptées
33,273 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « estrella » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estrella |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \esˈtɾe.ʎa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « estrella » en français
Rare enough to double-check
estrella is uncommon French at frequency #66,726 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \esˈtɾe.ʎa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
estrella doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 estrella, spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Étoile.
- 2Étoile.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).