éclaircissement

\e.klɛʁ.sis.mɑ̃\

/\e.klɛʁ.sis.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“éclaircissement” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,542
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
22
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rendre moins serré, moins épais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eclaircissement · éclaircissement · French

éclaircissement · rank #46,542 · 22 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,542
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écrevisse

Nearest frequency peer: écrevisse (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclaircissement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « éclaircissement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

éclaircissement vs éclaircissements
94% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for éclaircissement
PropertyValue
Headwordéclaircissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.klɛʁ.sis.mɑ̃\
Letters15
Frequency rank#46,542
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclaircissement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).éclaircissementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « écrevisse » (#46,543), « zuma » (#46,540), « écœuré » (#46,544). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éclaircissement » est au #46,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around éclaircissement (IPA \e.klɛʁ.sis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,542 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclaircissement, with forms such as "célaircissement", "eclaircissement", and "écalircissement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "éclaircissements", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented 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 éclaircissement, spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rendre moins serré, moins épais.
  2. 2
    Explication d’une chose obscure ou mal connue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how éclaircissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’éclaircissement d’un bois.
  2. Las de se casser la tête sur des énigmes, Hervé remit les éclaircissements au lendemain et regagna l'hôtel du Rhin.

Synonyms

clarificationexplication

This word in other languages

enlightenment(English)esclarecimento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • célaircissement
  • eclaircissement
  • écalircissement
  • écclaircissement
  • éclaicrissement
  • éclairccissement
  • éclaircisement
  • éclaircisesment
  • éclaircisseemnt
  • éclaircissemennt
  • éclaircissementt
  • éclaircissemetn
  • éclaircissemment
  • éclaircissemnet
  • éclaircissmeent
  • éclaircsisement
  • éclairicssement
  • éclairrcissement
  • éclaricissement
  • écliarcissement
  • écllaircissement
  • élcaircissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éclaircissement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

célaircissement2eclaircissement1écalircissement2écclaircissement1éclaicrissement2éclairccissement1éclaircisement1éclaircisesment2
Edit distance from "éclaircissement"

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 "éclaircissement"?
"éclaircissement" is spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.klɛʁ.sis.mɑ̃\.
What does "éclaircissement" mean?
As a noun, "éclaircissement" means: Action de rendre moins serré, moins épais.
What words are commonly confused with "éclaircissement"?
"éclaircissement" is commonly confused with "éclaircissements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éclaircissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éclaircissement" is \e.klɛʁ.sis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éclaircissement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éclaircissement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

macroéconomique22 variantsfrauduleusement22 variantsaristocratiques22 variantstransportaient22 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list