écoulent
\e.kul\
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “écoulent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- zig
zig
61,891 corpus weight
- échappées
échappées
61,890 corpus weight
- écoulent
écoulent
61,889 corpus weight
- éden
éden
61,888 corpus weight
- éduque
éduque
61,887 corpus weight
- épanouit
épanouit
61,886 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “écoulent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écoulent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kul\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “écoulent” se place dans la fréquence du français
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
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écouler.
- 2Troisième 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.
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
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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).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "écoulent". Here's where to go from here.
- "écoulent" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "écouler". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #38,112 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.