economy

/\iˈkɒn.ə.mi\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,665

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

economy is anFrenchadj. It means: Économe. Pronounced \iˈkɒn.ə.mi\. Often confused with économe and economie.

Key facts for economy
PropertyValue
Headwordeconomy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\iˈkɒn.ə.mi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,665
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of economy in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for economy is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \iˈkɒn.ə.mi\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,665 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Économe.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for economy, with forms such as "ceonomy", "ecconomy", and "ecnoomy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "économe", "economie", "economic", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is economy, spelled E-C-O-N-O-M-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Économe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ceonomy,ecconomy,ecnoomy,econmoy,econnomy,econommy,economyy,econoym,ecoonmy,eocnomy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for economy

Misspelling Variants of "economy"

ceonomy7ecconomy8ecnoomy7econmoy7econnomy8econommy8economyy8econoym7
Misspelling Variants of "economy"

Frequency rank: #33,665 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "economy"?
"economy" is spelled E-C-O-N-O-M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \iˈkɒn.ə.mi\.
What does "economy" mean?
As an adj, "economy" means: Économe.
What words are commonly confused with "economy"?
"economy" is commonly confused with "économe", "economie", "economic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "economy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "economy" is \iˈkɒn.ə.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "economy" come from?
"economy" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.