élargissement

\e.laʁ.ʒis.mɑ̃\

/\e.laʁ.ʒis.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“élargissement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,503
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’élargir, de s’élargir ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elargissement · élargissement · French

élargissement · rank #12,503 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,503
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH échos

Nearest frequency peer: échos (-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 « élargissement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « élargissement » 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
Key facts for élargissement
PropertyValue
Headwordélargissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.laʁ.ʒis.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#12,503
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élargissement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).élargissementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « échos » (#12,502), « élégante » (#12,504), « vécue » (#12,501). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « élargissement » est au #12,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around élargissement (IPA \e.laʁ.ʒis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,503 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for élargissement, with forms such as "elargissement", "léargissement", and "éalrgissement". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is élargissement, spelled É-L-A-R-G-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’élargir, de s’élargir ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action de libérer de prison.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’élargissement d’un canal, d’une route, d’une rue.
  2. Depuis, l’opposition a pu dire qu’il ne faisait rien. Mais il a constitué un front commun pour l’élargissement de la loi 101 aux entreprises à charte fédérale.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elargissement
  • léargissement
  • éalrgissement
  • élagrissement
  • élarggissement
  • élargisement
  • élargisesment
  • élargisseemnt
  • élargissemennt
  • élargissementt
  • élargissemetn
  • élargissemment
  • élargissemnet
  • élargissmeent
  • élargsisement
  • élarigssement
  • élarrgissement
  • éllargissement
  • élragissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élargissement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

elargissement1léargissement2éalrgissement2élagrissement2élarggissement1élargisement1élargisesment2élargisseemnt2
Edit distance from "élargissement"

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 "élargissement"?
"élargissement" is spelled É-L-A-R-G-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.laʁ.ʒis.mɑ̃\.
What does "élargissement" mean?
As a noun, "élargissement" means: Action d’élargir, de s’élargir ou résultat de cette action.
What are common misspellings of "élargissement"?
Common misspellings include "elargissement", "léargissement", "éalrgissement", "élagrissement", "élarggissement". The correct spelling is "élargissement".
How do you pronounce "élargissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "élargissement" is \e.laʁ.ʒis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "élargissement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list