éclore

\e.klɔʁ\

/\e.klɔʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“éclore” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,871
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sortir de l’œuf, en parlant de certains animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eclore · éclore · French

éclore · rank #30,871 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,871
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zacharie

Nearest frequency peer: Zacharie (-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 « éclore »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éclore » 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).

éclore vs école
67% similar
éclore vs élire
67% similar
éclore vs écope
67% similar

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

Key facts for éclore
PropertyValue
Headwordéclore
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.klɔʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,871
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éclore »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).éclorese 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 « Zacharie » (#30,870), « écolier » (#30,872), « éditoriaux » (#30,873). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éclore » est au #30,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around éclore (IPA \e.klɔʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,871 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for éclore, with forms such as "célore", "eclore", and "écclore". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "école", "élire", "écope", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is éclore, spelled É-C-L-O-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sortir de l’œuf, en parlant de certains animaux.
  2. 2
    S’ouvrir, pour une fleur encore en bouton.
  3. 3
    Germer.
  4. 4
    Naître, être produit, se développer, se manifester.
  5. 5
    Se propager.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Selon toute apparence, la dissémination des animaux fixés est toujours due à des œufs qui, sortis du sein de la mère, vont éclore au loin, et qui, dans l’immense majorité des cas, donnent naissance à des larves, d’abord libres et mobiles.
  2. À peine, sur l’ensemble, quelques cartons ont éclos d’une façon un peu satisfaisante ; pour le plus grand nombre, ou l’œuf n’éclosait pas, ou s’il éclosait, le ver mourait de suite.

Synonyms

apparaîtrefleurirgermernaîtrese déplierse développers’épanouirs’ouvrir

This word in other languages

hatch(English)abrirse(Español)schlüpfen(Deutsch)eclodir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • célore
  • eclore
  • écclore
  • écllore
  • écloer
  • éclorre
  • éclroe
  • écolre
  • élcore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

célore2eclore1écclore1écllore1écloer2éclorre1éclroe2écolre2
Edit distance from "éclore"

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 "éclore"?
"éclore" is spelled É-C-L-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.klɔʁ\.
What does "éclore" mean?
As a verb, "éclore" means: Sortir de l’œuf, en parlant de certains animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "éclore"?
"éclore" is commonly confused with "école", "élire", "écope". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éclore"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éclore" is \e.klɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éclore" come from?
"éclore" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

égarés#30,874Woerth#30,864Willem#30,863Weston#30,861

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

voilure9 variantsallaiter9 variantstourelle9 variantsTolède9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list