échéances

\e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\

/\e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“échéances” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,511
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de échéance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-echeances · échéances · French

échéances · rank #21,511 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,511
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écolos

Nearest frequency peer: écolos (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « échéances »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « échéances » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

échéances vs échéancier
80% similar
échéances vs échanges
78% similar
échéances vs échéance
89% similar

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

Key facts for échéances
PropertyValue
Headwordéchéances
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,511
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « échéances »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).échéancesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « écolos » (#21,512), « zach » (#21,509), « élabore » (#21,513). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « échéances » est au #21,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around échéances (IPA \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,511 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de échéance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for échéances, with forms such as "céhéances", "echeances", and "écchéances". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "échéancier", "échanges", "échéance", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is échéances, spelled É-C-H-É-A-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de échéance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Trois échéances qui devraient « débrumiser », si l’on ose dire, un paysage politique plutôt confus, plutôt attristant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céhéances
  • echeances
  • écchéances
  • échaénces
  • échhéances
  • échéacnes
  • échéancces
  • échéancess
  • échéancse
  • échéanecs
  • échéannces
  • échénaces
  • écéhances
  • éhcéances

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of échéances - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

céhéances2echeances2écchéances1échaénces2échhéances1échéacnes2échéancces1échéancess1
Edit distance from "échéances"

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 "échéances"?
"échéances" is spelled É-C-H-É-A-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃe.ɑ̃s\.
What does "échéances" mean?
As a noun, "échéances" means: Pluriel de échéance.
What words are commonly confused with "échéances"?
"échéances" is commonly confused with "échéancier", "échanges", "échéance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "échéances"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échéances" 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 "échéances" come from?
"échéances" 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 "échéances", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list