écart-type
\e.kaʁ tip\
The verdict
“écart-type” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de écart type.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecart-type · écart-type · French
écart-type · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écart-type |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.kaʁ tip\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « écart-type » en français
Rare enough to double-check
écart-type is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kaʁ tip\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de écart type.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for écart-type in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is écart-type, spelled É-C-A-R-T---T-Y-P-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de écart type.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.