échoir

\e.ʃwaʁ\

/\e.ʃwaʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“échoir” is uncommon French (frequency #76,251 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,251
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être dévolu par le sort ou survenir par cas fortuit.

Key facts for échoir
PropertyValue
Headwordéchoir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ʃwaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,251
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “échoir” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). échoir lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

échoir is uncommon French at frequency #76,251 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ʃwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

échoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is échoir, spelled É-C-H-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être dévolu par le sort ou survenir par cas fortuit.
  2. 2
    Si le cas y échoit, y échet, le cas échéant, ou simplement s’il y échet : si l’occasion arrive, si l’occasion s’en présente, s’il y a lieu. Ces locutions ne s’emploient pas dans le langage courant, sauf : le cas échéant.
  3. 3
    En parlant de ce qui est dû, signifie être payable à une époque fixée d’avance.

This word in other languages

expire(English)expirar(Español)caber(Português)

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 "échoir"?
"échoir" is spelled É-C-H-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃwaʁ\.
What does "échoir" mean?
As a verb, "échoir" means: Être dévolu par le sort ou survenir par cas fortuit.
How do you pronounce "échoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échoir" is \e.ʃwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "échoir" come from?
"échoir" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “échoir”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is É-C-H-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \e.ʃwaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list