électrons

\e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\

/\e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“électrons” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,194
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de électron.

Corpus desk

Index FR-electrons · électrons · French

électrons · rank #19,194 · 15 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,194
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH échauffement

Nearest frequency peer: échauffement (-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 « électrons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « électrons » 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).

électrons vs érections
78% similar
électrons vs électro
78% similar
électrons vs election
67% similar

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

Key facts for électrons
PropertyValue
Headwordélectrons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,194
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « électrons »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.électronsse 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 « échauffement » (#19,193), « Abdallah » (#19,195), « échangent » (#19,192). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « électrons » est au #19,194. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around électrons (IPA \e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,194 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de électron.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for électrons, with forms such as "electrons", "léectrons", and "éelctrons". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "érections", "électro", "election", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is électrons, spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de électron.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • electrons
  • léectrons
  • éelctrons
  • élcetrons
  • élecctrons
  • élecrtons
  • électorns
  • électrnos
  • électronns
  • électronss
  • électrosn
  • électrrons
  • électtrons
  • életcrons
  • éllectrons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

electrons1léectrons2éelctrons2élcetrons2élecctrons1élecrtons2électorns2électrnos2
Edit distance from "électrons"

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 "électrons"?
"électrons" is spelled É-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɛk.tʁɔ̃\.
What does "électrons" mean?
As a noun, "électrons" means: Pluriel de électron.
What words are commonly confused with "électrons"?
"électrons" is commonly confused with "érections", "électro", "election". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "électrons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "électrons" 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 "électrons" come from?
"électrons" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

échangent#19,192accomplis#19,197vélodrome#19,188cognitive#19,238

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

améliorant15 variantstraumatique15 variantstesticules15 variantsprématurée15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list