écoule

\e.kul\

/\e.kul\/ verb

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The verdict

“écoule” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,596
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écouler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecoule · écoule · French

écoule · rank #17,596 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,596
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Yvan

Nearest frequency peer: Yvan (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « écoule »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « écoule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

écoule vs écume
67% similar
écoule vs écoute
83% similar
écoule vs épouse
67% similar

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

Key facts for écoule
PropertyValue
Headwordécoule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.kul\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,596
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écoule »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).écoulese 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 « Yvan » (#17,595), « écuries » (#17,597), « year » (#17,594). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écoule » est au #17,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around écoule (IPA \e.kul\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,596 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for écoule, with forms such as "céoule", "ecoule", and "éccoule". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "écume", "écoute", "épouse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is écoule, spelled É-C-O-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écouler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écouler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de écouler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de écouler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de écouler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au bas mot, une bonne heure s’écoule comme ça, pendant laquelle Faroux et sa clique vont et viennent dans la maison, dégringolant l’escalier, le regrimpant, utilisant le téléphone, accueillant le médecin légiste qu’ils ont convoqué, un photographe du labo, aussi, etc., tout le saint-frusquin des constatations et perquisitions.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céoule
  • ecoule
  • éccoule
  • écolue
  • écouel
  • écoulle
  • écuole
  • éocule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écoule - 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.

céoule2ecoule1éccoule1écolue2écouel2écoulle1écuole2éocule2
Edit distance from "écoule"

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 "écoule"?
"écoule" is spelled É-C-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kul\.
What does "écoule" mean?
As a verb, "écoule" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écouler.
What words are commonly confused with "écoule"?
"écoule" is commonly confused with "écume", "écoute", "épouse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écoule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écoule" is \e.kul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écoule" come from?
"écoule" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écuyer#17,598éloges#17,599épousa#17,600volées#17,591

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

étonnée8 variantsvaudra8 variantsvariée8 variantstissage8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list