economical
\ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl\
The verdict
“economical” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Économique, bon marché.
Corpus desk
Index FR-economical · economical · French
economical · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | economical |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
economical is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
economical has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 economical, spelled E-C-O-N-O-M-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Économique, bon marché.
- 2Économe (1: qui évite de dépenser de l’argent inutilement).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how economical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The car is very economical to run.
She is very economical when it comes to clothes.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.