égaré

\e.ɡa.ʁe\

/\e.ɡa.ʁe\/ adj

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The verdict

“égaré” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,614
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écarté du droit chemin, perdu, qui ne sait plus où il est.

Corpus desk

Index FR-egare · égaré · French

égaré · rank #20,614 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,614
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éducateur

Nearest frequency peer: éducateur (-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 « égaré »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « égaré » 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).

égaré vs etre
20% similar
égaré vs erre
20% similar
égaré vs entre
20% similar

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

Key facts for égaré
PropertyValue
Headwordégaré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.ɡa.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,614
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « égaré »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).égarése 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 « éducateur » (#20,613), « éleveur » (#20,615), « écossaise » (#20,612). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « égaré » est au #20,614. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around égaré (IPA \e.ɡa.ʁe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,614 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for égaré, with forms such as "egare", "géaré", and "éagré". 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, "etre", "erre", "entre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is égaré, spelled É-G-A-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écarté du droit chemin, perdu, qui ne sait plus où il est.
  2. 2
    Jeté dans l’erreur.
  3. 3
    Jeté dans l’erreur.
  4. 4
    Se dit d’un être dont l’apparence ou le comportement semblent trahir un égarement mental.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les brebis égarées.
  2. Il avait le regard égaré.

Synonyms

écartéperdu

This word in other languages

lost(English)perdido(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egare
  • géaré
  • éagré
  • égarré
  • égaér
  • éggaré
  • égraé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

egare2géaré2éagré2égarré1égaér2éggaré1égraé2
Edit distance from "égaré"

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 "égaré"?
"égaré" is spelled É-G-A-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ɡa.ʁe\.
What does "égaré" mean?
As an adjective, "égaré" means: Écarté du droit chemin, perdu, qui ne sait plus où il est.
What words are commonly confused with "égaré"?
"égaré" is commonly confused with "etre", "erre", "entre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "égaré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "égaré" is \e.ɡa.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "égaré" come from?
"égaré" 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 "égaré", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

émane#20,616visas#20,602Adolf#20,629tanks#20,586

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Bailly7 variantsbloom7 variantsboisé7 variantsbrasse7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list