étirent

\e.tiʁ\

/\e.tiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“étirent” is uncommon French (frequency #61,251 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,251
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de étirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etirent · étirent · French

étirent · rank #61,251 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,251
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éternuement

Nearest frequency peer: éternuement (-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 « étirent »

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 « étirent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for étirent
PropertyValue
Headwordétirent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.tiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « étirent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étirenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « éternuement » (#61,250), « étoit » (#61,252), « étancher » (#61,249). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étirent » est au #61,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

étirent is uncommon French at frequency #61,251 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for étirent in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is étirent, spelled É-T-I-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de étirer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de étirer.

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 "étirent"?
"étirent" is spelled É-T-I-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tiʁ\.
What does "étirent" mean?
As a verb, "étirent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de étirer.
How do you pronounce "étirent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étirent" is \e.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étirent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list