écouler
The verdict
“écouler” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,783 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #15,783
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Vendre jusqu'a épuisement ; liquider.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écouler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ku.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “écouler” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for écouler is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ku.le\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,783 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for écouler, with forms such as "céouler", "ecouler", and "éccouler". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Euler", "écoute", "écuyer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is écouler, spelled É-C-O-U-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Vendre jusqu'a épuisement ; liquider.
- 2Se débarrasser des éléments les moins flatteurs.
- 3Couler hors de quelque endroit.
- 4Se retirer du lieu où elle se trouve, en parlant de la foule.
- 5Diminuer, passer, se dissiper, en parlant surtout des richesses.
- 6Avancer progressivement ou d’une façon continue, à propos du temps.
- 7Se débiter, se vendre, être exporté, en parlant des marchandises, des produits agricoles, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: céouler,ecouler,éccouler,écoluer,écouelr,écoulerr,écouller,écoulre,écuoler,éoculer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écouler — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "écouler"
Frequency rank: #15,783 in French
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Using “écouler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-O-U-L-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ku.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Euler” — see the side-by-side comparison. écouler vs Euler
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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