écossaise

\e.kɔ.sɛz\

/\e.kɔ.sɛz\/ adj

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The verdict

“écossaise” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,612
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de écossais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecossaise · écossaise · French

écossaise · rank #20,612 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,612
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éducateur

Nearest frequency peer: éducateur (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “écossaise”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “écossaise” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

écossaise vs écossais
89% similar

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

Key facts for écossaise
PropertyValue
Headwordécossaise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.kɔ.sɛz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,612
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “écossaise” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.écossaisese 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 « éducateur » (#20,613), « Zack » (#20,610), « égaré » (#20,614). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around écossaise (IPA \e.kɔ.sɛz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,612 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de écossais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for écossaise, with forms such as "céossaise", "ecossaise", and "éccossaise". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "écossais", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 écossaise, spelled É-C-O-S-S-A-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de écossais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’était un bout de la pièce qu’il voulait semer de blé, une variété écossaise de poulard, une tentative que lui avait conseillée son ancien maître.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céossaise
  • ecossaise
  • éccossaise
  • écosaise
  • écosasise
  • écossaies
  • écossaisse
  • écossasie
  • écossiase
  • écsosaise
  • éocssaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écossaise - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

céossaise2ecossaise1éccossaise1écosaise1écosasise2écossaies2écossaisse1écossasie2
Edit distance from "écossaise"

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 "écossaise"?
"écossaise" is spelled É-C-O-S-S-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kɔ.sɛz\.
What does "écossaise" mean?
As an adjective, "écossaise" means: Féminin singulier de écossais.
What words are commonly confused with "écossaise"?
"écossaise" is commonly confused with "écossais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écossaise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écossaise" is \e.kɔ.sɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écossaise" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

éducateur#20,613véridique#20,604vendredis#20,600acceptera#20,625

Similar misspelling depth

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

énigmes11 variantsétanche11 variantsadverses11 variantstrafics11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list