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 September 3, 2026) - Méthode par laquelle certains êtres vivants peuvent visualiser leur environnement en émettant des ondes sonores et en analysant leurs échos.
Corpus desk
Index FR-echolocalisation · écholocalisation · French
écholocalisation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « écholocalisation » en français
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how écholocalisation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous ne ferons que signaler le phénomène d’écholocalisation qui ne constitue pas à proprement parler un fait de communication.
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.