écholocalisation
\e.ko.lɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“écholocalisation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Méthode par laquelle certains êtres vivants peuvent visualiser leur environnement en émettant des ondes sonores et en analysant leurs échos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écholocalisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ko.lɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écholocalisation” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
écholocalisation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ko.lɔ.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Méthode par laquelle certains êtres vivants peuvent visualiser leur environnement en émettant des ondes sonores et en analysant leurs échos.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for écholocalisation in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is écholocalisation, spelled É-C-H-O-L-O-C-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Méthode par laquelle certains êtres vivants peuvent visualiser leur environnement en émettant des ondes sonores et en analysant leurs échos.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “écholocalisation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-H-O-L-O-C-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.