éclairage
\e.klɛ.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“éclairage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,260
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’éclairer ; distribution de la lumière naturelle ou artificielle.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éclairage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.klɛ.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éclairage” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around éclairage (IPA \e.klɛ.ʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,260 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclairage, with forms such as "célairage", "eclairage", and "écalirage". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "éclairé", "éclairée", "éclairant", and more, 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 éclairage, spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’éclairer ; distribution de la lumière naturelle ou artificielle.
- 2Équipement servant à éclairer.
- 3Manière particulière de voir, d'envisager quelque chose.
- 4Mission de recherche de renseignements, confiée à une troupe d'éclaireurs.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- célairage
- eclairage
- écalirage
- écclairage
- éclaiarge
- éclairaeg
- éclairagge
- éclairgae
- éclairrage
- éclariage
- écliarage
- écllairage
- élcairage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éclairage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “éclairage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-L-A-I-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.klɛ.ʁaʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “éclairé” - see the side-by-side comparison. éclairage vs éclairé
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.