écris
\e.kʁi\
The verdict
“écris” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,886. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,886
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de écrire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecris · écris · French
écris · rank #3,886 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,886
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH wow
Nearest frequency peer: wow (-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 “écris”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- universitai…
universitaire
96,118 corpus weight
- vertu
vertu
96,117 corpus weight
- wow
wow
96,116 corpus weight
- écris
écris
96,115 corpus weight
- équipements
équipements
96,114 corpus weight
- évoque
évoque
96,113 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “écris” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | écris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kʁi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,886 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “écris” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around écris (IPA \e.kʁi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,886 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for écris, with forms such as "céris", "ecris", and "éccris". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eric", "émis", "épis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is écris, spelled É-C-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de écrire.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de écrire.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de écrire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how écris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’écris ou plutôt j’écrivote.
J’écris des articles dans des blogs à propos des repas que je prépare tandis que j’essaie de mieux prendre soin de moi, et avec chaque nouveau post je me rends compte que je suis en train de me désabîmer après des années de laisser-aller.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- céris
- ecris
- éccris
- écirs
- écriss
- écrris
- écrsi
- ércis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écris - 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.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "écris", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "écris". Here's where to go from here.
- "écris" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Eric". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,886 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.