étrille
\e.tʁij\
The verdict
“étrille” is uncommon French (frequency #77,183 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,183
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Racloir avec lequel on gratte et nettoie la peau et le poil des chevaux, des mulets, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etrille · étrille · French
étrille · rank #77,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,183
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH étrangleur
Nearest frequency peer: étrangleur (-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 « étrille »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Érythréens
Érythréens
22,822 corpus weight
- éthiopiennes
éthiopiennes
22,821 corpus weight
- étonnerais
étonnerais
22,820 corpus weight
- étrangleur
étrangleur
22,819 corpus weight
- étrille
étrille
22,818 corpus weight
- 3p
3p
22,814 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « étrille » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | étrille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.tʁij\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « étrille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
étrille is uncommon French at frequency #77,183 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.tʁij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for étrille in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is étrille, spelled É-T-R-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Racloir avec lequel on gratte et nettoie la peau et le poil des chevaux, des mulets, etc.
- 2Espèce de crabe de la famille des macropipidés, à pattes postérieures aplaties en palettes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étrille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les bons effets du pansage sont parfaitement démontrés par la physiologie. Cette science nous apprend que la répercussion produite par l’étrille sur la peau, a des effets marqués sur les animaux.
Ce n’était point une linition douce, une fomentation onctueuse, mais un massage vigoureux, pratiqué à bras raccourcis, et qui rappelait plutôt les éraillures de l’étrille que les caresses de la main.
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.
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