extrados
\eks.tʁa.do\
The verdict
“extrados” is uncommon French (frequency #97,947 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,947
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie extérieure convexe d’un claveau, d’une voûte, d’un arc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extrados · extrados · French
extrados · rank #97,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,947
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH extracteurs
Nearest frequency peer: extracteurs (-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 « extrados »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- eugéniste
eugéniste
2,060 corpus weight
- extracteurs
extracteurs
2,055 corpus weight
- extrados
extrados
2,054 corpus weight
- fami
fami
2,050 corpus weight
- faméliques
faméliques
2,049 corpus weight
- faty
faty
2,046 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « extrados » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extrados |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \eks.tʁa.do\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « extrados » en français
Rare enough to double-check
extrados is uncommon French at frequency #97,947 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \eks.tʁa.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
extrados has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is extrados, spelled E-X-T-R-A-D-O-S.
Definition
- 1Partie extérieure convexe d’un claveau, d’une voûte, d’un arc.
- 2Sur l’aile d'un avion (profil en forme de voûte préservant la portance), l’extrados désigne la partie supérieure de l’aile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how extrados appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un platelage (plancher) appuyé sur le haut des murs gouttereaux a été posé permettant d’étudier, autant par le LRMH que par les enquêteurs, la nature des débris qui jonchent le dessus de la voûte (extrados).
Antonyms
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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