écuyer
\e.ky.je\
The verdict
“écuyer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,598
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux écuyers et aux écuyères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecuyer · écuyer · French
écuyer · rank #17,598 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,598
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écuries
Nearest frequency peer: écuries (-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 “écuyer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Yvan
Yvan
82,406 corpus weight
- écoule
écoule
82,405 corpus weight
- écuries
écuries
82,404 corpus weight
- écuyer
écuyer
82,403 corpus weight
- éloges
éloges
82,402 corpus weight
- épousa
épousa
82,401 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “écuyer” 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 | écuyer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ky.je\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “écuyer” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around écuyer (IPA \e.ky.je\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,598 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux écuyers et aux écuyères.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for écuyer, with forms such as "céuyer", "ecuyer", and "éccuyer". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Euler", "étayer", "égayer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is écuyer, spelled É-C-U-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux écuyers et aux écuyères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how écuyer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais maintenant, ami, contez-moi quelle bonne fortune vous avez tirée de vos fonctions écuyères ; quelle jupe à la savoyarde m’apportez-vous ? et quels souliers mignons à vos enfants ?
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- céuyer
- ecuyer
- éccuyer
- écueyr
- écuyerr
- écuyre
- écuyyer
- écyuer
- éucyer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of écuyer - 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 "écuyer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "écuyer". Here's where to go from here.
- "écuyer" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Euler". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,598 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.