-eth
\ɪθ\
The verdict
“-eth” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffixe flexionnel pour le présent à la troisième personne du singulier, p. ex. speaketh et walketh pour les modernes speaks et walks.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eth · -eth · French
-eth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -eth |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | \ɪθ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
-eth is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed \ɪθ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suffixe flexionnel pour le présent à la troisième personne du singulier, p. ex. speaketh et walketh pour les modernes speaks et walks.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for -eth, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is -eth, spelled --E-T-H.
Definition
- 1Suffixe flexionnel pour le présent à la troisième personne du singulier, p. ex. speaketh et walketh pour les modernes speaks et walks.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -eth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The man walketh o’er the hills.
Synonyms
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.