élémentaire

\e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\

/\e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“élémentaire” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,582. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,582
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui constitue un élément.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elementaire · élémentaire · French

élémentaire · rank #9,582 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,582
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élargir

Nearest frequency peer: élargir (-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 « élémentaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « élémentaire » 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).

élémentaire vs élémentaires
92% similar

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

Key facts for élémentaire
PropertyValue
Headwordélémentaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,582
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élémentaire »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).élémentairese 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 « élargir » (#9,581), « éventuel » (#9,583), « éducatif » (#9,579). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « élémentaire » est au #9,582. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around élémentaire (IPA \e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,582 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for élémentaire, with forms such as "elementaire", "léémentaire", and "éllémentaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "élémentaires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is élémentaire, spelled É-L-É-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui constitue un élément.
  2. 2
    Qui est à la base, au niveau le moins élevé d’un ordre hiérarchique.
  3. 3
    Qui donne les rudiments de base dans le processus d’apprentissage.
  4. 4
    Simple, aisé, rudimentaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mon père était donc professeur de septième, professeur élémentaire, comme on disait alors.
  2. C’est dans le même esprit mélioriste que Condorcet prône un enseignement élémentaire, moral et civique qui constitue la meilleure réponse au fanatisme religieux.

Synonyms

primaire

This word in other languages

elemental(English)elemental(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elementaire
  • léémentaire
  • éllémentaire
  • élméentaire
  • éléemntaire
  • élémenatire
  • élémenntaire
  • élémentaier
  • élémentairre
  • élémentarie
  • élémentiare
  • élémenttaire
  • élémetnaire
  • élémmentaire
  • élémnetaire
  • éélmentaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

elementaire2léémentaire2éllémentaire1élméentaire2éléemntaire2élémenatire2élémenntaire1élémentaier2
Edit distance from "élémentaire"

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 "élémentaire"?
"élémentaire" is spelled É-L-É-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\.
What does "élémentaire" mean?
As an adjective, "élémentaire" means: Qui constitue un élément.
What words are commonly confused with "élémentaire"?
"élémentaire" is commonly confused with "élémentaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "élémentaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "élémentaire" is \e.le.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "élémentaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soulagement#9,562attendaient#9,606consécutive#9,626coopérative#9,630

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

psychiatre16 variantscontrôleur16 variantsinondations16 variantsindignation16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list