écran

/\e.kʁɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,616

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

écran is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tableau sur lequel on fait projeter l’image d’un objet, en particulier la surface blanche sur laquelle on projette les films de cinéma. Pronounced \e.kʁɑ̃\. It ranks #1,616 in French word frequency. Often confused with era and élan.

Key facts for écran
PropertyValue
Headwordécran
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kʁɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,616
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of écran in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for écran is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.kʁɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,616 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for écran, with forms such as "céran", "ecran", and "écarn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "era", "élan", "Ezra", 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 écran, spelled É-C-R-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tableau sur lequel on fait projeter l’image d’un objet, en particulier la surface blanche sur laquelle on projette les films de cinéma.
  2. 2
    Périphérique permettant de visualiser les informations générées par un ordinateur sous forme de texte ou d’image, ressemblant à un téléviseur.
  3. 3
    Appareil électronique muni d’un écran (télévision, smartphone, tablette tactile, console de jeu).
  4. 4
    Dispositif qui sert à se protéger de la chaleur d’un foyer ou de la lumière d'une lampe.
  5. 5
    Feuille ou tresse de métal conducteur destiné à protéger un équipement sensible, en canalisant les rayonnements parasites électromagnétiques.
  6. 6
    Cercle de bois recouvert de toile que le verrier place devant son visage quand il travaille au fourneau.
  7. 7
    Toile blanche ou papier tendu sur un châssis dont les dessinateurs et les graveurs se servent pour amortir l’éclat du jour.
  8. 8
    Objet qui s’interpose devant les yeux de l’observateur.
  9. 9
    Paravent posé sur la table de jeu, servant à cacher les informations que doivent ignorer les joueurs et joueuses, et présentant en général une illustration côté joueurs et joueuses, et un résumé des règles côté meneur de jeu ou meneuse de jeu.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: céran,ecran,écarn,éccran,écrann,écrna,écrran,ércan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for écran

Misspelling Variants of "écran"

céran5ecran5écarn5éccran6écrann6écrna5écrran6ércan5
Misspelling Variants of "écran"

Frequency rank: #1,616 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "écran"?
"écran" is spelled É-C-R-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kʁɑ̃\.
What does "écran" mean?
As a noun, "écran" means: Tableau sur lequel on fait projeter l’image d’un objet, en particulier la surface blanche sur laquelle on projette les films de cinéma.
What words are commonly confused with "écran"?
"écran" is commonly confused with "era", "élan", "Ezra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écran"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écran" is \e.kʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écran" come from?
"écran" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.