écolière

\e.kɔ.ljɛʁ\

/\e.kɔ.ljɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“écolière” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,271
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui prend des leçons d’un maitre ou d’une maitresse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecoliere · écolière · French

écolière · rank #44,271 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,271
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zweig

Nearest frequency peer: Zweig (-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 « écolière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écolière » 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).

écolière vs écoliers
75% similar
écolière vs écolier
75% similar

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

Key facts for écolière
PropertyValue
Headwordécolière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kɔ.ljɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,271
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écolière »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Zweig » (#44,270), « écria » (#44,272), « zumba » (#44,269). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écolière » est au #44,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around écolière (IPA \e.kɔ.ljɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,271 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for écolière, with forms such as "céolière", "ecoliere", and "éccolière". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "écoliers", "écolier", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is écolière, spelled É-C-O-L-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui prend des leçons d’un maitre ou d’une maitresse.
  2. 2
    Celle qui étudie à l’école maternelle ou primaire, qui suit les petites classes d’un collège.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Prends garde, disait Léon, d’y manquer avant moi ; je te connais : pendant que je m’appliquerai en toute conscience à faire comprendre quelques mots à ma jeune écolière, tu es capable de lui apprendre à te répondre avant même de savoir parler, et je ne veux pas être complice d’une instruction de ce genre.
  2. Merci pour les précieux volumes ! Croyez que je serai votre écolière reconnaissante ; car je ne sais rien de ce que je sais ; autrement dit, je sais tout peu et mal.

This word in other languages

schoolgirl(English)alumna(Español)Schülerin(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céolière
  • ecoliere
  • éccolière
  • écloière
  • écoilère
  • écolirèe
  • écolièer
  • écolièrre
  • écollière
  • écolèire
  • éoclière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

céolière2ecoliere2éccolière1écloière2écoilère2écolirèe2écolièer2écolièrre1
Edit distance from "écolière"

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 "écolière"?
"écolière" is spelled É-C-O-L-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kɔ.ljɛʁ\.
What does "écolière" mean?
As a noun, "écolière" means: Celle qui prend des leçons d’un maitre ou d’une maitresse.
What words are commonly confused with "écolière"?
"écolière" is commonly confused with "écoliers", "écolier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écolière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écolière" is \e.kɔ.ljɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écolière" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éminente#44,275abruptes#44,282Vivienne#44,259vendrait#44,253

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Watford11 variantsaffichera11 variantsalourdit11 variantsammoniaque11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list