écus

\e.ky\

/\e.ky\/ noun

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The verdict

“écus” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,086
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ecus · écus · French

écus · rank #33,086 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,086
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH échauffer

Nearest frequency peer: échauffer (-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 « écus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « écus » 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).

écus vs Eu
25% similar
écus vs élu
50% similar
écus vs euh
25% similar

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

Key facts for écus
PropertyValue
Headwordécus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ky\
Letters4
Frequency rank#33,086
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « écus »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « échauffer » (#33,085), « énoncées » (#33,087), « ébranler » (#33,084). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écus » est au #33,086. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around écus (IPA \e.ky\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,086 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de écu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for écus, with forms such as "céus", "ecus", and "éccus". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eu", "élu", "euh", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is écus, spelled É-C-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de écu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vainement avaient-ils stipulé qu'on ne pourrait les rembourser qu'en écus ; il n'en fallait pas moins qu'ils reçussent leur remboursement en assignats.
  2. Je sais que vous n’êtes pas riche, Madame Coquenard, et que votre mari est obligé de sangsurer les pauvres plaideurs pour en tirer quelques pauvres écus.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • céus
  • ecus
  • éccus
  • écsu
  • écuss
  • éucs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

céus2ecus1éccus1écsu2écuss1éucs2
Edit distance from "écus"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wide#33,076volt#33,072ares#33,119barr#33,138

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Adour6 variantsaffole6 variantssucé6 variantsBiron6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list