égoïste
\e.ɡɔ.ist\
The verdict
“égoïste” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,429. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,429
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne pense qu'à soi, à ses intérêts.
Corpus desk
Index FR-egoiste · égoïste · French
égoïste · rank #10,429 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,429
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH égaux
Nearest frequency peer: égaux (-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 « égoïste »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- uniques
uniques
89,575 corpus weight
- véronique
véronique
89,574 corpus weight
- égaux
égaux
89,573 corpus weight
- égoïste
égoïste
89,572 corpus weight
- élaborer
élaborer
89,571 corpus weight
- évoquant
évoquant
89,570 corpus weight
What this shows « égoïste » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | égoïste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ɡɔ.ist\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « égoïste »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around égoïste (IPA \e.ɡɔ.ist\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,429 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for égoïste, with forms such as "egoïste", "géoïste", and "éggoïste". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "existe", "égoïstes", "église", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is égoïste, spelled É-G-O-Ï-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui ne pense qu'à soi, à ses intérêts.
- 2Qui découle principalement ou entièrement du souci de soi-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how égoïste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec beaucoup de tact, ce vieillard, qui savait n’être ni autoritaire ni égoïste, s’efforçait de gagner l’affection de Nazira et de se faire pardonner d’être vieux.
Débusquer les bases biologiques d’un comportement n’enlève rien à l’humanisme du geste ni au libre arbitre : nous demeurons toujours libres de choisir entre un geste altruiste ou égoïste.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- egoïste
- géoïste
- éggoïste
- égosïte
- égoïset
- égoïsste
- égoïstte
- égoïtse
- égïoste
- éogïste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of égoïste - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).