êta
\ɛ.ta\
The verdict
“êta” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Septième lettre et troisième voyelle de l’alphabet grec : η, Η.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eta · êta · French
êta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ê" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | êta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ.ta\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
êta is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Septième lettre et troisième voyelle de l’alphabet grec : η, Η.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for êta, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is êta, spelled Ê-T-A.
Definition
- 1Septième lettre et troisième voyelle de l’alphabet grec : η, Η.
This word in other languages
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