échelle

/\e.ʃɛl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,940

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

échelle is aFrenchnoun. It means: Dispositif permettant de monter et descendre, généralement composé de deux montants de bois ou de métal munis de barreaux disposés à intervalles réguliers. Pronounced \e.ʃɛl\. It ranks #1,940 in French word frequency. Often confused with échelon and Estelle.

Key facts for échelle
PropertyValue
Headwordéchelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,940
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for échelle is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ʃɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,940 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for échelle, with forms such as "céhelle", "echelle", and "écchelle". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "échelon", "Estelle", "excelle", 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 échelle, spelled É-C-H-E-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dispositif permettant de monter et descendre, généralement composé de deux montants de bois ou de métal munis de barreaux disposés à intervalles réguliers.
  2. 2
    Dispositif permettant de monter et descendre, généralement composé de deux montants de bois ou de métal munis de barreaux disposés à intervalles réguliers.
  3. 3
    Ensemble d’éléments disposés comme les barreaux d’une échelle, en particulier dans les domaines de la couture et de la dentelle.
  4. 4
    Proportion de taille entre la représentation d’une chose et la chose représentée.
  5. 5
    Échelonnement ou graduation utilisés pour mesurer une grandeur.
  6. 6
    Escale, port où il est possible d’embarquer et de débarquer des marchandises.
  7. 7
    Niveau, grandeur, proportion.
  8. 8
    Niveau, grandeur, proportion.
  9. 9
    Niveau, grandeur, proportion.
  10. 10
    Dans les jeux de guerre, désigne l’ampleur du conflit simulé.
  11. 11
    Discipline acrobatique du cirque.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: céhelle,echelle,écchelle,écehlle,échele,échelel,échhelle,échlele,éhcelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for échelle

Misspelling Variants of "échelle"

céhelle7echelle7écchelle8écehlle7échele6échelel7échhelle8échlele7
Misspelling Variants of "échelle"

Frequency rank: #1,940 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "échelle"?
"échelle" is spelled É-C-H-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃɛl\.
What does "échelle" mean?
As a noun, "échelle" means: Dispositif permettant de monter et descendre, généralement composé de deux montants de bois ou de métal munis de barreaux disposés à intervalles réguliers.
What words are commonly confused with "échelle"?
"échelle" is commonly confused with "échelon", "Estelle", "excelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "échelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échelle" is \e.ʃɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "échelle" come from?
"échelle" 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.