électorat

\e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁa\

/\e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁa\/ noun

The verdict

“électorat” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,259. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,259
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dignité d’électeur de l’ancien Empire d’Occident.

Corpus desk

Index FR-electorat · électorat · French

électorat · rank #10,259 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,259
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH volets

Nearest frequency peer: volets (-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 « électorat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « électorat » 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).

électorat vs électoraux
80% similar
électorat vs électoral
89% similar
électorat vs électorale
80% similar

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

Key facts for électorat
PropertyValue
Headwordélectorat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁa\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,259
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « électorat »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).électoratse 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 « volets » (#10,258), « époques » (#10,260), « varient » (#10,257). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « électorat » est au #10,259. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around électorat (IPA \e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,259 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for électorat, with forms such as "electorat", "léectorat", and "éelctorat". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "électoraux", "électoral", "électorale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is électorat, spelled É-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dignité d’électeur de l’ancien Empire d’Occident.
  2. 2
    Étendue de pays à laquelle était attaché un titre d’électorat.
  3. 3
    Qualité d’électeur.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des électeurs qui votent pour un parti ou un candidat spécifiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans tout l’électorat de Trèves.
  2. On a conféré aux femmes l’électorat pour les élections aux Tribunaux de commerce.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • electorat
  • léectorat
  • éelctorat
  • élcetorat
  • élecctorat
  • élecotrat
  • électoart
  • électoratt
  • électorrat
  • électorta
  • électroat
  • électtorat
  • életcorat
  • éllectorat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

electorat1léectorat2éelctorat2élcetorat2élecctorat1élecotrat2électoart2électoratt1
Edit distance from "électorat"

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 "électorat"?
"électorat" is spelled É-L-E-C-T-O-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁa\.
What does "électorat" mean?
As a noun, "électorat" means: Dignité d’électeur de l’ancien Empire d’Occident.
What words are commonly confused with "électorat"?
"électorat" is commonly confused with "électoraux", "électoral", "électorale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "électorat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "électorat" is \e.lɛk.tɔ.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "électorat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list