échappée

\e.ʃa.pe\

/\e.ʃa.pe\/ noun

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The verdict

“échappée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,543
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action imprudente par laquelle on s’écarte de son devoir, de sa position.

Corpus desk

Index FR-echappee · échappée · French

échappée · rank #15,543 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,543
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH zut

Nearest frequency peer: zut (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “échappée”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “échappée” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

échappée vs écharpe
75% similar
échappée vs échoppe
75% similar
échappée vs échapper
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for échappée
PropertyValue
Headwordéchappée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃa.pe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,543
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “échappée” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.échappéese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « zut » (#15,542), « échelons » (#15,544), « Zeus » (#15,541). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around échappée (IPA \e.ʃa.pe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,543 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for échappée, with forms such as "céhappée", "echappee", and "écahppée". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "écharpe", "échoppe", "échapper", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 échappée, spelled É-C-H-A-P-P-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action imprudente par laquelle on s’écarte de son devoir, de sa position.
  2. 2
    Espace ménagé pour le tournant des voitures à leur entrée dans une cour, dans une remise ou dans un garage.
  3. 3
    Espace qu’on laisse entre un escalier et la voûte ou le plafond.
  4. 4
    Hauteur comprise entre une volée d'escalier et son couvrement.
  5. 5
    Échappée de lumière ; échappée de vue.
  6. 6
    Action de distancer les autres coureurs.
  7. 7
    Développement extérieur au sujet principal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how échappée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le directeur de la Congrégation ; comme une glousse que la première échappée de ses poussins jette dans les plus cruelles angoisses, confie sa plainte au cœur de son ami toujours prêt à le consoler : […].
  2. Lorsqu’il lui arrivait, à propos de ce fameux Journal, de se voir reprocher une échappée de plume, il en était affligé pendant des semaines.

Synonyms

échappement

This word in other languages

headroom(English)luz(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céhappée
  • echappee
  • écahppée
  • écchappée
  • échappeé
  • échapée
  • échapépe
  • échhappée
  • échpapée
  • éhcappée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of échappée - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

céhappée2echappee2écahppée2écchappée1échappeé2échapée1échapépe2échhappée1
Edit distance from "échappée"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "échappée"?
"échappée" is spelled É-C-H-A-P-P-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃa.pe\.
What does "échappée" mean?
As a noun, "échappée" means: Action imprudente par laquelle on s’écarte de son devoir, de sa position.
What words are commonly confused with "échappée"?
"échappée" is commonly confused with "écharpe", "échoppe", "échapper". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "échappée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échappée" is \e.ʃa.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "échappée" come from?
"échappée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "échappée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

échelons#15,544étendues#15,550accusant#15,554affaibli#15,556

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

verdure10 variantsavertis10 variantssupposés10 variantsBologne10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list