éventails
\e.vɑ̃.taj\
The verdict
“éventails” is uncommon French (frequency #54,361 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,361
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de éventail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eventails · éventails · French
éventails · rank #54,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,361
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH évolutives
Nearest frequency peer: évolutives (+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 « éventails »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- évolutives
évolutives
45,639 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éventails » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éventails |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.vɑ̃.taj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éventails » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éventails is uncommon French at frequency #54,361 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.vɑ̃.taj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de éventail.".
éventails doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is éventails, spelled É-V-E-N-T-A-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de éventail.
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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