écarlate

/\e.kaʁ.lat\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,605

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

écarlate is aFrenchnoun. It means: Colorant de couleur rouge vif, tiré du kermès, un insecte. Pronounced \e.kaʁ.lat\. Often confused with éclate and écarté.

Key facts for écarlate
PropertyValue
Headwordécarlate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kaʁ.lat\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,605
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of écarlate in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for écarlate is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.kaʁ.lat\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,605 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for écarlate, with forms such as "céarlate", "ecarlate", and "éacrlate". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "éclate", "écarté", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is écarlate, spelled É-C-A-R-L-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Colorant de couleur rouge vif, tiré du kermès, un insecte.
  2. 2
    Étoffe teinte avec ce colorant, ou un de même couleur.
  3. 3
    Couleur rouge claire et vive correspondante. #ED0000

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: céarlate,ecarlate,éacrlate,écalrate,écaralte,écarlaet,écarlatte,écarllate,écarltae,écarrlate,éccarlate,écralate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for écarlate

Misspelling Variants of "écarlate"

céarlate8ecarlate8éacrlate8écalrate8écaralte8écarlaet8écarlatte9écarllate9
Misspelling Variants of "écarlate"

Frequency rank: #29,605 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "écarlate"?
"écarlate" is spelled É-C-A-R-L-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kaʁ.lat\.
What does "écarlate" mean?
As a noun, "écarlate" means: Colorant de couleur rouge vif, tiré du kermès, un insecte.
What words are commonly confused with "écarlate"?
"écarlate" is commonly confused with "éclate", "écarté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écarlate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écarlate" is \e.kaʁ.lat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écarlate" come from?
"écarlate" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.