électron

\e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\

/\e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“électron” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,586
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Particule élémentaire stable de charge négative.

Corpus desk

Index FR-electron · électron · French

électron · rank #26,586 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,586
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éditée

Nearest frequency peer: éditée (-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 « électron »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « électron » 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).

électron vs érection
75% similar
électron vs électrons
89% similar
électron vs electronic
70% similar

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

Key facts for électron
PropertyValue
Headwordélectron
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,586
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « électron »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.électronse 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 « éditée » (#26,585), « éligibilité » (#26,587), « épilation » (#26,588). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « électron » est au #26,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around électron (IPA \e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,586 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for électron, with forms such as "electron", "léectron", and "éelctron". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "érection", "électrons", "electronic", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 électron, spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Particule élémentaire stable de charge négative.
  2. 2
    Alliage léger à base de magnésium ; élektron.
  3. 3
    Ambre ; succin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si l’on admet que la charge e est la même dans les deux cas, on en déduit que la masse d’un électron est environ 2000 fois plus petite que celle d’un atome d’hydrogène.
  2. Les corpuscules d'électricité négative sont nommés les électrons. On sait que les électrons ont d'abord été observés à l'état libre hors de la matière sous forme de rayons cathodiques se produisant dans les tubes à décharge.

Synonyms

particule bêtanégaton

Antonyms

positon

This word in other languages

electron(English)electrón(Español)Elektron(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • electron
  • léectron
  • éelctron
  • élcetron
  • élecctron
  • élecrton
  • électorn
  • électrno
  • électronn
  • électrron
  • électtron
  • életcron
  • éllectron

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

electron1léectron2éelctron2élcetron2élecctron1élecrton2électorn2électrno2
Edit distance from "électron"

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 "électron"?
"électron" is spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\.
What does "électron" mean?
As a noun, "électron" means: Particule élémentaire stable de charge négative.
What words are commonly confused with "électron"?
"électron" is commonly confused with "érection", "électrons", "electronic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "électron"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "électron" is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "électron" come from?
"électron" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écartant#26,583étonnent#26,590évaluées#26,591vénitien#26,580

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

épilation13 variantsagressives13 variantsterminait13 variantsantipodes13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list