écrie

\e.kʁi\

/\e.kʁi\/ verb

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The verdict

“écrie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,224
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecrie · écrie · French

écrie · rank #43,224 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,224
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 40,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH économes

Nearest frequency peer: économes (-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 “écrie”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “écrie” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

écrie vs etre
40% similar
écrie vs Eric
40% similar
écrie vs élie
60% similar

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

Key facts for écrie
PropertyValue
Headwordécrie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.kʁi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,224
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “écrie” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). écrie lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around écrie (IPA \e.kʁi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,224 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for écrie, with forms such as "cérie", "ecrie", and "éccrie". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "etre", "Eric", "élie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is écrie, spelled É-C-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de écrier.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de écrier.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de écrier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Quand je vous avertissais, madame, qu'il fallait que je m’en aille… » s’écrie l’étranger. « Eh ! monsieur, dites au moins : Que je m’en allasse ! » reprend l’académicien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cérie
  • ecrie
  • éccrie
  • écire
  • écrei
  • ércie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écrie - 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.

cérie2ecrie1éccrie1écire2écrei2ércie2
Edit distance from "écrie"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "écrie"?
"écrie" is spelled É-C-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kʁi\.
What does "écrie" mean?
As a verb, "écrie" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de écrier.
What words are commonly confused with "écrie"?
"écrie" is commonly confused with "etre", "Eric", "élie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écrie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écrie" is \e.kʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écrie" come from?
"écrie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

views#43,206Aiden#43,253tondu#43,187tiret#43,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Anouk6 variantsAyoub6 variantssaber6 variantsCannet6 variants
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list