célébrait

\se.le.bʁɛ\

/\se.le.bʁɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“célébrait” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,633
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe célébrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-celebrait · célébrait · French

célébrait · rank #33,633 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,633
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH curieuses

Nearest frequency peer: curieuses (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « célébrait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « célébrait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

célébrait vs célébrité
78% similar
célébrait vs célèbrent
67% similar
célébrait vs célébrant
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for célébrait
PropertyValue
Headwordcélébrait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.le.bʁɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,633
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « célébrait »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).célébraitse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « curieuses » (#33,632), « dai » (#33,634), « Cullen » (#33,631). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « célébrait » est au #33,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around célébrait (IPA \se.le.bʁɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,633 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe célébrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for célébrait, with forms such as "ccélébrait", "celebrait", and "cléébrait". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "célébrité", "célèbrent", "célébrant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is célébrait, spelled C-É-L-É-B-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe célébrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how célébrait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Suzy, qui s’était mis en tête de la décatéchiser, lui avait formellement interdit d’entrer dans toute église, elle célébrait chaque dimanche matin son propre office dans sa chambre, dont elle avait pris soin auparavant de verrouiller la porte et de fermer les volets.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccélébrait
  • celebrait
  • cléébrait
  • célbérait
  • céllébrait
  • célébarit
  • célébbrait
  • célébraitt
  • célébrati
  • célébriat
  • célébrrait
  • célérbait
  • céélbrait
  • éclébrait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of célébrait - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccélébrait1celebrait2cléébrait2célbérait2céllébrait1célébarit2célébbrait1célébraitt1
Edit distance from "célébrait"

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 "célébrait"?
"célébrait" is spelled C-É-L-É-B-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \se.le.bʁɛ\.
What does "célébrait" mean?
As a verb, "célébrait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe célébrer.
What words are commonly confused with "célébrait"?
"célébrait" is commonly confused with "célébrité", "célèbrent", "célébrant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "célébrait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "célébrait" is \se.le.bʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "célébrait" come from?
"célébrait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list