écologiste

\e.kɔ.lɔ.ʒist\

/\e.kɔ.lɔ.ʒist\/ noun

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The verdict

“écologiste” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,827
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spécialiste de l’écologie et des écosystèmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecologiste · écologiste · French

écologiste · rank #14,827 · 15 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,827
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wright

Nearest frequency peer: Wright (-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 « écologiste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écologiste » 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).

écologiste vs économiste
80% similar
écologiste vs écologistes
91% similar
écologiste vs écologie
80% similar

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

Key facts for écologiste
PropertyValue
Headwordécologiste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kɔ.lɔ.ʒist\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,827
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écologiste »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).écologistese 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 « Wright » (#14,826), « émanant » (#14,828), « wells » (#14,825). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écologiste » est au #14,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around écologiste (IPA \e.kɔ.lɔ.ʒist\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,827 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for écologiste, with forms such as "céologiste", "ecologiste", and "éccologiste". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "économiste", "écologistes", "écologie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is écologiste, spelled É-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spécialiste de l’écologie et des écosystèmes.
  2. 2
    Personne qui milite pour la préservation de l'environnement et le respect de la nature.
  3. 3
    Membre d'un parti ou d'un mouvement politique partisan de l'écologie.
  4. 4
    Activiste écologiste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] certaines localités offrant des conditions de température toutes spéciales et deviennent ainsi des formes indicatrices pour l’écologiste […]
  2. Ces lois de la nature, les écologistes des quelques dernières générations ont pensé qu'on pouvait les formuler en distinguant l’autécologie, la synécologie et la dynécologie.

Synonyms

écologueécoloenvironnementaliste

This word in other languages

ecologist(English)Ökologe(Deutsch)ecologista(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céologiste
  • ecologiste
  • éccologiste
  • écloogiste
  • écolgoiste
  • écollogiste
  • écologgiste
  • écologiset
  • écologisste
  • écologistte
  • écologitse
  • écologsite
  • écoloigste
  • écoolgiste
  • éoclogiste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

céologiste2ecologiste1éccologiste1écloogiste2écolgoiste2écollogiste1écologgiste1écologiset2
Edit distance from "écologiste"

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 "écologiste"?
"écologiste" is spelled É-C-O-L-O-G-I-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kɔ.lɔ.ʒist\.
What does "écologiste" mean?
As a noun, "écologiste" means: Spécialiste de l’écologie et des écosystèmes.
What words are commonly confused with "écologiste"?
"écologiste" is commonly confused with "économiste", "écologistes", "écologie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écologiste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écologiste" is \e.kɔ.lɔ.ʒist\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écologiste" come from?
"écologiste" 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 "écologiste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vestiaires#14,819achèvement#14,839animatrice#14,849appliquant#14,853

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

agissements15 variantsallégations15 variantsserviteurs15 variantsrégularité15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list