éclater
\e.kla.te\
The verdict
“éclater” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,772 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,772
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Exploser; se rompre, se briser en projetant des fragments.
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 | éclater |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kla.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éclater” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for éclater is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.kla.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,772 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclater, with forms such as "célater", "eclater", and "écalter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "éclats", "épater", "écouter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is éclater, spelled É-C-L-A-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Exploser; se rompre, se briser en projetant des fragments.
- 2Faire entendre tout à coup un bruit violent ou perçant; exploser.
- 3Se manifester tout à coup.
- 4Montrer son ressentiment à découvert et avec force, après s’être contenu quelque temps, en parlant des personnes.
- 5S’emporter jusqu’à l’extrême.
- 6Blâmer avec force.
- 7Avoir de l’éclat, briller, frapper les yeux.
- 8Briller par l’esprit, par la gloire.
- 9S’amuser.
- 10Se passionner.
- 11Se cogner, se faire mal, voire écraser, disloquer.
- 12Se briser définitivement, prendre fin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: célater,eclater,écalter,écclater,éclaetr,éclaterr,éclatre,éclatter,écllater,écltaer,élcater
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éclater - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "éclater"
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 “éclater”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-L-A-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.kla.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “éclats” - see the side-by-side comparison. éclater vs éclats
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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