ecstasy
\ɛk.sta.zi\
The verdict
“ecstasy” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,234. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,234
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom commercial de la MDMA, molécule psychotrope entactogène de la famille des amphétamines souvent vendue sous forme de pilules.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ecstasy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.sta.zi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ecstasy” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around ecstasy (IPA \ɛk.sta.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,234 among 201,161 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ecstasy, with forms such as "cestasy", "eccstasy", and "ecsatsy". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ecstasy, spelled E-C-S-T-A-S-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom commercial de la MDMA, molécule psychotrope entactogène de la famille des amphétamines souvent vendue sous forme de pilules.
- 2Pilule contenant de la MDMA.
- 3Produit contenant de la MDMA coupée avec d’autres drogues.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cestasy
- eccstasy
- ecsatsy
- ecsstasy
- ecstassy
- ecstasyy
- ecstays
- ecstsay
- ecsttasy
- ectsasy
- esctasy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ecstasy - 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.
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.
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Using “ecstasy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-C-S-T-A-S-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛk.sta.zi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.