écotourisme
\e.kɔ.tu.ʁism\
The verdict
“écotourisme” is uncommon French (frequency #64,191 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,191
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tourisme centré sur la découverte de la nature, dans le respect de l'environnement et des populations locales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écotourisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.kɔ.tu.ʁism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #64,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écotourisme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
écotourisme is uncommon French at frequency #64,191 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.kɔ.tu.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tourisme centré sur la découverte de la nature, dans le respect de l'environnement et des populations locales.".
écotourisme has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is écotourisme, spelled É-C-O-T-O-U-R-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Tourisme centré sur la découverte de la nature, dans le respect de l'environnement et des populations locales.
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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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Using “écotourisme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-O-T-O-U-R-I-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.kɔ.tu.ʁism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.