écuries

\e.ky.ʁi\

/\e.ky.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“écuries” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,597. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,597
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de écurie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecuries · écuries · French

écuries · rank #17,597 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,597
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écoule

Nearest frequency peer: écoule (-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 « écuries »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écuries » 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).

écuries vs étudies
71% similar
écuries vs écris
71% similar
écuries vs écrie
71% similar

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

Key facts for écuries
PropertyValue
Headwordécuries
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ky.ʁi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,597
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écuries »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).écuriesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « écoule » (#17,596), « écuyer » (#17,598), « Yvan » (#17,595). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écuries » est au #17,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around écuries (IPA \e.ky.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,597 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de écurie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for écuries, with forms such as "céuries", "ecuries", and "éccuries". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "étudies", "écris", "écrie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is écuries, spelled É-C-U-R-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de écurie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans cette figure, A est le porche donnant accès aux boxes et écuries; il permet de harnacher et de désarnacher les chevaux à couvert.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céuries
  • ecuries
  • éccuries
  • écruies
  • écuires
  • écureis
  • écuriess
  • écurise
  • écurries
  • éucries

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

céuries2ecuries1éccuries1écruies2écuires2écureis2écuriess1écurise2
Edit distance from "écuries"

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 "écuries"?
"écuries" is spelled É-C-U-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ky.ʁi\.
What does "écuries" mean?
As a noun, "écuries" means: Pluriel de écurie.
What words are commonly confused with "écuries"?
"écuries" is commonly confused with "étudies", "écris", "écrie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "écuries"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écuries" is \e.ky.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écuries" come from?
"écuries" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list