excellences

\ɛk.se.lɑ̃s\

/\ɛk.se.lɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“excellences” is uncommon French (frequency #80,191 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,191
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de excellence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excellences · excellences · French

excellences · rank #80,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,191
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exaucée

Nearest frequency peer: exaucée (-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 « excellences »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for excellences
PropertyValue
Headwordexcellences
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.se.lɑ̃s\
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,191
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « excellences » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.excellencestombe 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: « exaucée » (#80,190), « exhume » (#80,192), « examina » (#80,189). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excellences » est au #80,191. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

excellences is uncommon French at frequency #80,191 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.se.lɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de excellence.".

excellences has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 excellences, spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de excellence.

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 "excellences"?
"excellences" is spelled E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.se.lɑ̃s\.
What does "excellences" mean?
As a noun, "excellences" means: Pluriel de excellence.
How do you pronounce "excellences"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excellences" is \ɛk.se.lɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excellences" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eurodéputée#80,188endommagent#80,174flavonoïdes#80,214efficientes#80,162

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list