écot
\e.ko\
The verdict
“écot” is uncommon French (frequency #98,662 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,662
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Compagnie de gens qui mangent ou boivent ensemble dans une auberge, dans un cabaret.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecot · écot · French
écot · rank #98,662 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,662
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écoresponsable
Nearest frequency peer: écoresponsable (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “écot”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- échouaient
échouaient
1,343 corpus weight
- éclaboussée
éclaboussée
1,342 corpus weight
- écoresponsa…
écoresponsable
1,340 corpus weight
- écot
écot
1,339 corpus weight
- écritoire
écritoire
1,338 corpus weight
- électroméca…
électromécaniques
1,336 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “écot” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ko\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,662 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écot” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
écot is uncommon French at frequency #98,662 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for écot, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is écot, spelled É-C-O-T.
Definition
- 1Compagnie de gens qui mangent ou boivent ensemble dans une auberge, dans un cabaret.
- 2Part due par chaque personne lors d’une dépense commune, souvent un repas ou un divertissement.
- 3Obligation financière ou contribution en général.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how écot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous chercheriez en vain chez eux nos cabinets particuliers et ces grandes salles où l’air circule librement, où les écots divers se coudoient en toute fraternité, où la joie communicative passe de table en table, formant à la longue un concert d’assourdissantes allégresses.
— Ils étaient seuls à leur écot et buvaient de l’eau-de-vie.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "écot", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.