écolos

\e.kɔ.lo\

/\e.kɔ.lo\/ adj

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The verdict

“écolos” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,512. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,512
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de écolo.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecolos · écolos · French

écolos · rank #21,512 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,512
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH échéances

Nearest frequency peer: échéances (-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 « écolos »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écolos » 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).

écolos vs enclos
50% similar
écolos vs écoulés
71% similar
écolos vs école
67% similar

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

Key facts for écolos
PropertyValue
Headwordécolos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.kɔ.lo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,512
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écolos »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).écolosse 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 « échéances » (#21,511), « élabore » (#21,513), « émérite » (#21,514). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écolos » est au #21,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around écolos (IPA \e.kɔ.lo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,512 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de écolo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for écolos, with forms such as "céolos", "ecolos", and "éccolos". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "enclos", "écoulés", "école", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 écolos, spelled É-C-O-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de écolo.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les trois ex-cheffes écolos Cécile Duflot, Emmanuelle Cosse et Dominique Voynet ont, chacune, donné leur version des faits reprochés à Denis Baupin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céolos
  • ecolos
  • éccolos
  • écloos
  • écollos
  • écoloss
  • écolso
  • écools
  • éoclos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écolos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

céolos2ecolos1éccolos1écloos2écollos1écoloss1écolso2écools2
Edit distance from "écolos"

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 "écolos"?
"écolos" is spelled É-C-O-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kɔ.lo\.
What does "écolos" mean?
As an adjective, "écolos" means: Pluriel de écolo.
What words are commonly confused with "écolos"?
"écolos" is commonly confused with "enclos", "écoulés", "école". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écolos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écolos" is \e.kɔ.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écolos" come from?
"écolos" 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 "écolos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Yvonne#21,508abusif#21,520aplomb#21,527Aulnay#21,538

Similar misspelling depth

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

élabore9 variantsépaisses9 variantsaffront9 variantstoléré9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list