échéance

/\e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,419

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

échéance is aFrenchnoun. It means: Terme où échoit le paiement d’une chose due. Pronounced \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\. It ranks #9,419 in French word frequency. Often confused with échéant and échéances.

Key facts for échéance
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Headwordéchéance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,419
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for échéance is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,419 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for échéance, with forms such as "céhéance", "echeance", and "écchéance". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "échéant", "échéances", "échéancier", 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 échéance, spelled É-C-H-É-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terme où échoit le paiement d’une chose due.
  2. 2
    Terme d’un délai quelconque.
  3. 3
    Montant dont le règlement doit être fait à une date donnée.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: céhéance,echeance,écchéance,échaénce,échhéance,échéacne,échéancce,échéanec,échéannce,échénace,écéhance,éhcéance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for échéance

Misspelling Variants of "échéance"

céhéance8echeance8écchéance9échaénce8échhéance9échéacne8échéancce9échéanec8
Misspelling Variants of "échéance"

Frequency rank: #9,419 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "échéance"?
"échéance" is spelled É-C-H-É-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\.
What does "échéance" mean?
As a noun, "échéance" means: Terme où échoit le paiement d’une chose due.
What words are commonly confused with "échéance"?
"échéance" is commonly confused with "échéant", "échéances", "échéancier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "échéance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échéance" is \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "échéance" come from?
"échéance" 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.