élargir
\e.laʁ.ʒiʁ\
The verdict
“élargir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,581. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,581
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendre plus large.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elargir · élargir · French
élargir · rank #9,581 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,581
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH élémentaire
Nearest frequency peer: élémentaire (+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 “élargir”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- voudraient
voudraient
90,425 corpus weight
- âne
âne
90,424 corpus weight
- éducatif
éducatif
90,422 corpus weight
- élargir
élargir
90,420 corpus weight
- élémentaire
élémentaire
90,419 corpus weight
- éventuel
éventuel
90,418 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élargir” 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 | élargir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.laʁ.ʒiʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “élargir” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around élargir (IPA \e.laʁ.ʒiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,581 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for élargir, with forms such as "elargir", "léargir", and "éalrgir". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "élargit", "élargis", "élargi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is élargir, spelled É-L-A-R-G-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre plus large.
- 2Libérer de prison.
- 3…
- 4Devenir plus large.
- 5Augmenter le nombre de bits de représentation, surtout pour les entiers.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elargir
- léargir
- éalrgir
- élagrir
- élarggir
- élargirr
- élargri
- élarigr
- élarrgir
- éllargir
- élragir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élargir - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "élargir", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.