écrans

\e.kʁɑ̃\

/\e.kʁɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“écrans” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,046. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,046
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de écran.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecrans · écrans · French

écrans · rank #6,046 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,046
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH XV

Nearest frequency peer: XV (-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 « écrans »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écrans » 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).

écrans vs écris
67% similar
écrans vs Evans
50% similar
écrans vs écrin
67% similar

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

Key facts for écrans
PropertyValue
Headwordécrans
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kʁɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,046
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écrans »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).écransse 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 « XV » (#6,045), « allure » (#6,047), « vivante » (#6,044). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écrans » est au #6,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around écrans (IPA \e.kʁɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,046 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de écran.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for écrans, with forms such as "cérans", "ecrans", and "écarns". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "écris", "Evans", "écrin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is écrans, spelled É-C-R-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de écran.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how écrans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Apple invente les micro-ordinateurs type MacIntosh munis d’écrans graphiques (copiés sur ceux du centre de recherches de Xerox).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cérans
  • ecrans
  • écarns
  • éccrans
  • écranns
  • écranss
  • écrasn
  • écrnas
  • écrrans
  • ércans

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écrans - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cérans2ecrans1écarns2éccrans1écranns1écranss1écrasn2écrnas2
Edit distance from "écrans"

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 "écrans"?
"écrans" is spelled É-C-R-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kʁɑ̃\.
What does "écrans" mean?
As a noun, "écrans" means: Pluriel de écran.
What words are commonly confused with "écrans"?
"écrans" is commonly confused with "écris", "Evans", "écrin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écrans"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écrans" is \e.kʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écrans" come from?
"écrans" 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 "écrans", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allure#6,047verser#6,043autrui#6,052aérien#6,054

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

vivante10 variantstypique10 variantstrouvée10 variantssuédois10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list