estuaires

\ɛs.tɥɛʁ\

/\ɛs.tɥɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“estuaires” is uncommon French (frequency #65,926 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,926
frequency rank, French
201,161
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de estuaire.

Key facts for estuaires
PropertyValue
Headwordestuaires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.tɥɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “estuaires” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). estuaires lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

estuaires is uncommon French at frequency #65,926 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.tɥɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de estuaire.".

Zero misspellings are on record for estuaires in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is estuaires, spelled E-S-T-U-A-I-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de estuaire.

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 "estuaires"?
"estuaires" is spelled E-S-T-U-A-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.tɥɛʁ\.
What does "estuaires" mean?
As a noun, "estuaires" means: Pluriel de estuaire.
How do you pronounce "estuaires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "estuaires" is \ɛs.tɥɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "estuaires" come from?
"estuaires" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “estuaires”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-S-T-U-A-I-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛs.tɥɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list