échange
The verdict
“échange” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,548 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,548
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Action d’échanger une chose contre une autre reçue en contrepartie ; troc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | échange |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʃɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “échange” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for échange is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʃɑ̃ʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,548 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for échange, with forms such as "céhange", "echange", and "écahnge". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "étrange", "échappé", "écharpe", and more, 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 échange, spelled É-C-H-A-N-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Action d’échanger une chose contre une autre reçue en contrepartie ; troc.
- 2Flux réciproque entre des parties.
- 3Commerce.
- 4Passage, circulation de substances entre une cellule et le milieu extérieur.
- 5Remise, communication ou envoi réciproque, surtout dans le langage diplomatique.
- 6Monnaie, notamment lorsqu'on parle de petite monnaie (pièces inférieures à 1 $). L'usage tend à être remplacé par le mot change, du même sens. Note : utilisé dans ce sens, le mot est féminin.
- 7Conversation entre des personnes ayant des avis différents.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: céhange,echange,écahnge,écchange,échagne,échaneg,échangge,échannge,échhange,échnage,éhcange
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of échange — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "échange"
Frequency rank: #1,548 in French
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Using “échange”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-H-A-N-G-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ʃɑ̃ʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “étrange” — see the side-by-side comparison. échange vs étrange
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter É in our French index: