ébranle
\e.bʁɑ̃l\
The verdict
“ébranle” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,220. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,220
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ébranler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ebranle · ébranle · French
ébranle · rank #43,220 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,220
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH éclatantes
Nearest frequency peer: éclatantes (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ébranle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zak
zak
56,785 corpus weight
- zee
zee
56,784 corpus weight
- ébranle
ébranle
56,781 corpus weight
- éclatantes
éclatantes
56,780 corpus weight
- écologiquem…
écologiquement
56,779 corpus weight
- économes
économes
56,778 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ébranle” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ébranle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.bʁɑ̃l\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #43,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ébranle” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around ébranle (IPA \e.bʁɑ̃l\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,220 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ébranle, with forms such as "béranle", "ebranle", and "ébarnle". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "érable", "étrange", "errance", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ébranle, spelled É-B-R-A-N-L-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ébranler.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ébranler.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ébranler.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ébranler.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de ébranler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ébranle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Malheureusement, le choc du rouleau ébranle alors un énorme tas de casseroles, et les fait dégringoler sur M. Martin : les casseroles, en dégringolant, font dégringoler le tas des lèchefrites ; les lèchefrites, les vieux fusils ; les vieux fusils, les vieilles rouillardes ; les rouillardes, les broches à rôti ; les broches à rôti, les pincettes, les pelle…
Quand le briska s’ébranle, elle continue de regarder fixement devant elle, et elle ne voit même pas sa mère et monsieur Borowski lui faire adieu de la main.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- béranle
- ebranle
- ébarnle
- ébbranle
- ébralne
- ébranel
- ébranlle
- ébrannle
- ébrnale
- ébrranle
- érbanle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ébranle - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ébranle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.