écrin

\e.kʁɛ̃\

/\e.kʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“écrin” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,024. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,024
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit coffret ou étui où l’on met des bagues, des pierreries et des objets précieux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecrin · écrin · French

écrin · rank #28,024 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,024
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH won

Nearest frequency peer: won (-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 « écrin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écrin » 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).

écrin vs ein
40% similar
écrin vs Eric
40% similar
écrin vs enfin
40% similar

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

Key facts for écrin
PropertyValue
Headwordécrin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.kʁɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,024
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écrin »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).écrinse 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 « won » (#28,023), « écu » (#28,025), « VW » (#28,022). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écrin » est au #28,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around écrin (IPA \e.kʁɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,024 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for écrin, with forms such as "cérin", "ecrin", and "éccrin". 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, "ein", "Eric", "enfin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is écrin, spelled É-C-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit coffret ou étui où l’on met des bagues, des pierreries et des objets précieux.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des joyaux contenus dans ce coffret.
  3. 3
    Boite spécialement étudiée pour y ranger un objet spécifique et généralement vendu avec l'objet en question (bijou, montre, médaille, objet de valeur, etc.).
  4. 4
    Contenant, entourage, d’une chose précieuse ou jolie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle range ses bijoux dans un écrin.
  2. Accroche-cœur – Aux larmes de cendre, elle regarda la rouflaquette de l’écrin, souvenir d’une époque crépusculaire, peu avant le début … de sa chimiothérapie.

Synonyms

châsseserre-bijoux

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cérin
  • ecrin
  • éccrin
  • écirn
  • écrinn
  • écrni
  • écrrin
  • ércin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cérin2ecrin1éccrin1écirn2écrinn1écrni2écrrin1ércin2
Edit distance from "écrin"

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 "écrin"?
"écrin" is spelled É-C-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kʁɛ̃\.
What does "écrin" mean?
As a noun, "écrin" means: Petit coffret ou étui où l’on met des bagues, des pierreries et des objets précieux.
What words are commonly confused with "écrin"?
"écrin" is commonly confused with "ein", "Eric", "enfin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écrin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écrin" is \e.kʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écrin" come from?
"écrin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

élues#28,027vomit#28,019addis#28,040Adler#28,041

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

vuelta8 variantsverrous8 variantsabonnez8 variantsthird8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list