élégants
\e.le.ɡɑ̃\
The verdict
“élégants” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,201
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de élégant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elegants · élégants · French
élégants · rank #29,201 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,201
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH élucider
Nearest frequency peer: élucider (-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 “élégants”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- élans
élans
70,802 corpus weight
- élucider
élucider
70,801 corpus weight
- élégants
élégants
70,800 corpus weight
- éplucher
éplucher
70,799 corpus weight
- équipiers
équipiers
70,798 corpus weight
- érudition
érudition
70,797 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élégants” 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 | élégants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.le.ɡɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “élégants” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around élégants (IPA \e.le.ɡɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,201 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de élégant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for élégants, with forms such as "elegants", "léégants", and "élgéants". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "élevant", "éléments", "éléphants", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is élégants, spelled É-L-É-G-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de élégant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élégants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je vis d’étonnantes amulettes de Nouvelle-Guinée, d’élégants tissus peints des îles Samoa, de jolis éventails des îles Wallis, de remarquables vases de bois des îles Salomon, etc.
Selon Aloïs Guinut, le trench répond aux besoins des Parisiens qui cherchent à rester élégants, même par temps de pluie.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elegants
- léégants
- élgéants
- éllégants
- éléagnts
- élégannts
- éléganst
- élégantss
- élégantts
- élégatns
- éléggants
- élégnats
- éélgants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élégants - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "élégants", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "élégants". Here's where to go from here.
- "élégants" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "élevant". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #29,201 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.