écoutons

\e.ku.tɔ̃\

/\e.ku.tɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“écoutons” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,305
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecoutons · écoutons · French

écoutons · rank #31,305 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,305
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éclatée

Nearest frequency peer: éclatée (-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 « écoutons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écoutons » 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).

écoutons vs écoutes
75% similar
écoutons vs écoutant
75% similar
écoutons vs écoutent
75% similar

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

Key facts for écoutons
PropertyValue
Headwordécoutons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ku.tɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,305
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écoutons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.écoutonsse 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 « éclatée » (#31,304), « écueil » (#31,306), « éclairées » (#31,303). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écoutons » est au #31,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around écoutons (IPA \e.ku.tɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,305 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 écoutons, with forms such as "céoutons", "ecoutons", and "éccoutons". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "écoutes", "écoutant", "écoutent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is écoutons, spelled É-C-O-U-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de écouter.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de écouter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céoutons
  • ecoutons
  • éccoutons
  • écotuons
  • écouotns
  • écoutnos
  • écoutonns
  • écoutonss
  • écoutosn
  • écouttons
  • écuotons
  • éocutons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écoutons - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

céoutons2ecoutons1éccoutons1écotuons2écouotns2écoutnos2écoutonns1écoutonss1
Edit distance from "écoutons"

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

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

Same letter count

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

élitiste#31,307émettant#31,308Wilfried#31,298visaient#31,294

Similar misspelling depth

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

vertueuse12 variantsabondent12 variantstogether12 variantsaccueillons12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list