éternue
\e.tɛʁ.ny\
The verdict
“éternue” is uncommon French (frequency #54,358 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,358
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éternuer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eternue · éternue · French
éternue · rank #54,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,358
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH étende
Nearest frequency peer: étende (-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 « éternue »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- épanouis
épanouis
45,647 corpus weight
- Éphèse
Éphèse
45,646 corpus weight
- établisse
établisse
45,645 corpus weight
- étende
étende
45,644 corpus weight
- éternue
éternue
45,643 corpus weight
- éventails
éventails
45,640 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éternue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éternue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.tɛʁ.ny\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éternue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éternue is uncommon French at frequency #54,358 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.tɛʁ.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for éternue in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 éternue, spelled É-T-E-R-N-U-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éternuer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éternuer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de éternuer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de éternuer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de éternuer.
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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