éditer

\e.di.te\

/\e.di.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“éditer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,626. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,626
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Publier un ouvrage ou le mettre en vente ; s’emploie généralement au sujet d’un livre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-editer · éditer · French

éditer · rank #18,626 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,626
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wendy

Nearest frequency peer: Wendy (-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 « éditer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éditer » 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).

éditer vs élite
67% similar
éditer vs évite
67% similar
éditer vs évier
67% similar

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

Key facts for éditer
PropertyValue
Headwordéditer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.di.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,626
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éditer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).éditerse 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 « Wendy » (#18,625), « émergent » (#18,627), « vêtue » (#18,624). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éditer » est au #18,626. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around éditer (IPA \e.di.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,626 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for éditer, with forms such as "déiter", "editer", and "édditer". 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, "élite", "évite", "évier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éditer, spelled É-D-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Publier un ouvrage ou le mettre en vente ; s’emploie généralement au sujet d’un livre.
  2. 2
    Faire paraître publiquement des textes ou des notes personnelles.
  3. 3
    Reproduire des œuvres de sculpture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les colères entassées fermentant dans le silence depuis vingt ans, grondaient de toutes parts ; la pensée se déchaînait, les livres qui d’ordinaire n’entraient en France que secrètement, commençaient à s’éditer à Paris.

This word in other languages

publish(English)editar(Español)herausgeben(Deutsch)editar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • déiter
  • editer
  • édditer
  • édietr
  • éditerr
  • éditre
  • éditter
  • édtier
  • éidter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éditer - 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.

déiter2editer1édditer1édietr2éditerr1éditre2éditter1édtier2
Edit distance from "éditer"

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 "éditer"?
"éditer" is spelled É-D-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.di.te\.
What does "éditer" mean?
As a verb, "éditer" means: Publier un ouvrage ou le mettre en vente ; s’emploie généralement au sujet d’un livre.
What words are commonly confused with "éditer"?
"éditer" is commonly confused with "élite", "évite", "évier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éditer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éditer" is \e.di.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éditer" come from?
"éditer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étoffe#18,630viseur#18,621verger#18,619tracts#18,610

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

thorax9 variantstanger9 variantsslalom9 variantssafran9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list