étamine

\e.ta.min\

/\e.ta.min\/ noun

The verdict

“étamine” is uncommon French (frequency #90,348 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,348
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Organe floral de l’androcée, producteur de pollen, composé d’un filet allongé et d’une anthère renflée.

Key facts for étamine
PropertyValue
Headwordétamine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ta.min\
Letters7
Frequency rank#90,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “étamine” 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). étamine lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

étamine is uncommon French at frequency #90,348 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ta.min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Organe floral de l’androcée, producteur de pollen, composé d’un filet allongé et d’une anthère renflée.".

étamine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 étamine, spelled É-T-A-M-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organe floral de l’androcée, producteur de pollen, composé d’un filet allongé et d’une anthère renflée.

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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); 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 "étamine"?
"étamine" is spelled É-T-A-M-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta.min\.
What does "étamine" mean?
As a noun, "étamine" means: Organe floral de l’androcée, producteur de pollen, composé d’un filet allongé et d’une anthère renflée.
How do you pronounce "étamine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étamine" is \e.ta.min\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étamine" come from?
"étamine" 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 “étamine”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is É-T-A-M-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \e.ta.min\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list