écharpe

/\e.ʃaʁp\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,091

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

écharpe is aFrenchnoun. It means: Large bande d’étoffe, que l’on portait autrefois de la droite à la gauche en forme de baudrier et qu’on porta encore en forme de ceinture. Pronounced \e.ʃaʁp\. Often confused with échoppe and écharpes.

Key facts for écharpe
PropertyValue
Headwordécharpe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃaʁp\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,091
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for écharpe is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʃaʁp\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,091 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 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 écharpe, with forms such as "céharpe", "echarpe", and "écahrpe". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "échoppe", "écharpes", "écarté", 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 écharpe, spelled É-C-H-A-R-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Large bande d’étoffe, que l’on portait autrefois de la droite à la gauche en forme de baudrier et qu’on porta encore en forme de ceinture.
  2. 2
    Bande de quelque étoffe qu’on porte passée au cou, pour soutenir un bras blessé ou malade.
  3. 3
    Sorte de vêtement ou de parure que les femmes ou les hommes portent sur les épaules ou autour du cou.
  4. 4
    Longue et étroite bande d'une chose.
  5. 5
    Souvent une pièce de bois ou de fer posée obliquement ou des travaux de terre destinés à arrêter les eaux sur une route, sur la pente d’une colline, etc.
  6. 6
    Cordages dont se servent les maçons pour faire avancer ou faire monter les gros matériaux de construction.
  7. 7
    Petite moulure du chapiteau dorique.
  8. 8
    Armature métallique du corps d'une poulie.
  9. 9
    Pièce de bois placée en diagonale dans un bâti de menuiserie.
  10. 10
    Tir d'écharpe : Tir oblique par rapport à la cible.
  11. 11
    Prendre en écharpe : Se dit d’un train mal aiguillé qui heurte le flanc d’un autre train circulant sur la voie voisine.
  12. 12
    Accessoire vestimentaire symbolisant les fonctions municipales.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: céharpe,echarpe,écahrpe,éccharpe,échapre,écharep,écharppe,écharrpe,échharpe,échrape,éhcarpe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for écharpe

Misspelling Variants of "écharpe"

céharpe7echarpe7écahrpe7éccharpe8échapre7écharep7écharppe8écharrpe8
Misspelling Variants of "écharpe"

Frequency rank: #13,091 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "écharpe"?
"écharpe" is spelled É-C-H-A-R-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃaʁp\.
What does "écharpe" mean?
As a noun, "écharpe" means: Large bande d’étoffe, que l’on portait autrefois de la droite à la gauche en forme de baudrier et qu’on porta encore en forme de ceinture.
What words are commonly confused with "écharpe"?
"écharpe" is commonly confused with "échoppe", "écharpes", "écarté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écharpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écharpe" is \e.ʃaʁp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écharpe" come from?
"écharpe" 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.