échalotte
\e.ʃa.lɔt\
The verdict
“échalotte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de échalote.
Corpus desk
Index FR-echalotte · échalotte · French
échalotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | échalotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʃa.lɔt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « échalotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
échalotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʃa.lɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de échalote.".
No misspelling variants are generated for échalotte in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is échalotte, spelled É-C-H-A-L-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de échalote.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how échalotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La culture de l’échalotte (Allium ascalonicum, lin), présente des résultats assez incertains pour étonner un grand nombre de cultivateurs.
Comme à son haleine mademoiselle aurait pu s’apercevoir qu’elle buvait, elle mangea de l’ail et de l’échalotte, et cacha avec leur empuantissement l’odeur de ses ivresses.
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.