étambot
\e.tɑ̃.bo\
The verdict
“étambot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forte pièce de bois ou de métal qui, élevée à l’extrémité de la quille du bâtiment, termine l’arrière de la carène et sert de support au gouvernail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etambot · étambot · French
étambot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | étambot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.tɑ̃.bo\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « étambot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
étambot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.tɑ̃.bo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forte pièce de bois ou de métal qui, élevée à l’extrémité de la quille du bâtiment, termine l’arrière de la carène et sert de support au gouvernail.".
étambot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is étambot, spelled É-T-A-M-B-O-T.
Definition
- 1Forte pièce de bois ou de métal qui, élevée à l’extrémité de la quille du bâtiment, termine l’arrière de la carène et sert de support au gouvernail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étambot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une des branches de l’hélice avait été faussée, et portait contre l’étambot.
Le gouvernail était l’antique gouvernail, non à roue comme aujourd’hui, mais à barre, tournant sur ses gonds scellés dans l’étambot.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.