éclairent

\e.klɛʁ\

/\e.klɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“éclairent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,943
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éclairer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eclairent · éclairent · French

éclairent · rank #33,943 · 14 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,943
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écharpes

Nearest frequency peer: écharpes (-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 « éclairent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éclairent » 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).

éclairent vs éclairer
78% similar
éclairent vs éclatent
78% similar
éclairent vs éclaireur
78% similar

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

Key facts for éclairent
PropertyValue
Headwordéclairent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.klɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,943
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclairent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.éclairentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « écharpes » (#33,942), « élargissant » (#33,944), « âneries » (#33,941). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éclairent » est au #33,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around éclairent (IPA \e.klɛʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,943 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclairent, with forms such as "célairent", "eclairent", and "écalirent". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "éclairer", "éclatent", "éclaireur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éclairent, spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éclairer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de éclairer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi, les composantes posturales dominantes – boire, séparer, rythmiciser – que met au jour Gilbert Durand éclairent trois expériences relationnelles de l’humain avec son milieu, dont l’eau.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • célairent
  • eclairent
  • écalirent
  • écclairent
  • éclaiernt
  • éclairennt
  • éclairentt
  • éclairetn
  • éclairnet
  • éclairrent
  • éclarient
  • écliarent
  • écllairent
  • élcairent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éclairent - 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.

célairent2eclairent1écalirent2écclairent1éclaiernt2éclairennt1éclairentt1éclairetn2
Edit distance from "éclairent"

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 "éclairent"?
"éclairent" is spelled É-C-L-A-I-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.klɛʁ\.
What does "éclairent" mean?
As a verb, "éclairent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éclairer.
What words are commonly confused with "éclairent"?
"éclairent" is commonly confused with "éclairer", "éclatent", "éclaireur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éclairent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éclairent" is \e.klɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éclairent" come from?
"éclairent" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

accélèrent14 variantsanarchique14 variantstertiaires14 variantsannonçaient14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list