écrouler

\e.kʁu.le\

/\e.kʁu.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“écrouler” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,079. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,079
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomber en s’affaissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecrouler · écrouler · French

écrouler · rank #23,079 · 12 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,079
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écrivais

Nearest frequency peer: écrivais (-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 « écrouler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écrouler » 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).

écrouler vs enroule
63% similar
écrouler vs enrôler
50% similar
écrouler vs éprouver
75% similar

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

Key facts for écrouler
PropertyValue
Headwordécrouler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.kʁu.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,079
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écrouler »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.écroulerse 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 « écrivais » (#23,078), « élastiques » (#23,080), « écrira » (#23,077). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écrouler » est au #23,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around écrouler (IPA \e.kʁu.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,079 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for écrouler, with forms such as "cérouler", "ecrouler", and "éccrouler". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "enroule", "enrôler", "éprouver", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is écrouler, spelled É-C-R-O-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tomber en s’affaissant.
  2. 2
    Tomber en décadence.
  3. 3
    Action d'un montage financier, d'un investissement qui crée drastiquement des pertes financières très importantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout venait de s’écrouler en elle et autour d’elle, et rien n’avait plus le pouvoir de toucher son cœur, de le réjouir ou de l’attrister.
  2. Une pluie glacée tombait dans les rues miroitantes. Je marchais le long des boutiques, m’appuyant au rebord des devantures pour ne point m’écrouler sur le trottoir.

This word in other languages

collapse(English)derribar(Español)einstürzen(Deutsch)cair(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cérouler
  • ecrouler
  • éccrouler
  • écoruler
  • écroluer
  • écrouelr
  • écroulerr
  • écrouller
  • écroulre
  • écrrouler
  • écruoler
  • ércouler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cérouler2ecrouler1éccrouler1écoruler2écroluer2écrouelr2écroulerr1écrouller1
Edit distance from "écrouler"

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 "écrouler"?
"écrouler" is spelled É-C-R-O-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kʁu.le\.
What does "écrouler" mean?
As a verb, "écrouler" means: Tomber en s’affaissant.
What words are commonly confused with "écrouler"?
"écrouler" is commonly confused with "enroule", "enrôler", "éprouver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écrouler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écrouler" is \e.kʁu.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écrouler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écrivais#23,078adhérent#23,091visitent#23,064troublée#23,056

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

vigoureux12 variantstroubler12 variantsaventurer12 variantsBergerac12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list