étincelantes

\e.tɛ̃.sə.lɑ̃t\

/\e.tɛ̃.sə.lɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“étincelantes” is uncommon French (frequency #79,005 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,005
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de étincelant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etincelantes · étincelantes · French

étincelantes · rank #79,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,005
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étagement

Nearest frequency peer: étagement (-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 « étincelantes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « étincelantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for étincelantes
PropertyValue
Headwordétincelantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tɛ̃.sə.lɑ̃t\
Letters12
Frequency rank#79,005
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « étincelantes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).étincelantestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « étagement » (#79,004), « évaporés » (#79,006), « éruptive » (#79,003). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étincelantes » est au #79,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

étincelantes is uncommon French at frequency #79,005 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.tɛ̃.sə.lɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de étincelant.".

étincelantes has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is étincelantes, spelled É-T-I-N-C-E-L-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de étincelant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how étincelantes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Des pensées ardentes enflammaient son âme, comme ses sens étaient embrasés par le spectacle de ces actrices aux yeux lascifs et relevés par le rouge, à gorges étincelantes, vêtues de basquines voluptueuses à plis licencieux, à jupes courtes montrant leurs jambes en bas rouges à coins verts, chaussées de manière à mettre un parterre en émoi.

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 "étincelantes"?
"étincelantes" is spelled É-T-I-N-C-E-L-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tɛ̃.sə.lɑ̃t\.
What does "étincelantes" mean?
As an adjective, "étincelantes" means: Féminin pluriel de étincelant.
How do you pronounce "étincelantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étincelantes" is \e.tɛ̃.sə.lɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "étincelantes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list