écoulent

\e.kul\

/\e.kul\/ verb

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The verdict

“écoulent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,112
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecoulent · écoulent · French

écoulent · rank #38,112 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,112
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH échappées

Nearest frequency peer: échappées (-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 « écoulent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écoulent » 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).

écoulent vs écouler
75% similar
écoulent vs écoulés
63% similar
écoulent vs écoutant
75% similar

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

Key facts for écoulent
PropertyValue
Headwordécoulent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.kul\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,112
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écoulent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).écoulentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « échappées » (#38,111), « éden » (#38,113), « zig » (#38,110). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écoulent » est au #38,112. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around écoulent (IPA \e.kul\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,112 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for écoulent, with forms such as "céoulent", "ecoulent", and "éccoulent". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "écouler", "écoulés", "écoutant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is écoulent, spelled É-C-O-U-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écouler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de écouler.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céoulent
  • ecoulent
  • éccoulent
  • écoluent
  • écouelnt
  • écoulennt
  • écoulentt
  • écouletn
  • écoullent
  • écoulnet
  • écuolent
  • éoculent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

céoulent2ecoulent1éccoulent1écoluent2écouelnt2écoulennt1écoulentt1écouletn2
Edit distance from "écoulent"

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 "écoulent"?
"écoulent" is spelled É-C-O-U-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kul\.
What does "écoulent" mean?
As a verb, "écoulent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écouler.
What words are commonly confused with "écoulent"?
"écoulent" is commonly confused with "écouler", "écoulés", "écoutant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écoulent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écoulent" is \e.kul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écoulent" come from?
"écoulent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

épanouit#38,115accabler#38,120volatils#38,099visqueux#38,098

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

échappées12 variantsanéantis12 variantsTrinidad12 variantsaviateurs12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list