élèves

\e.lɛv\

/\e.lɛv\/ noun

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The verdict

“élèves” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,195
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-eleves · élèves · French

élèves · rank #1,195 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,195
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH vraie

Nearest frequency peer: vraie (-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 « élèves »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « élèves » 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).

élèves vs elles
50% similar
élèves vs Elvis
50% similar
élèves vs épées
50% similar

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

Key facts for élèves
PropertyValue
Headwordélèves
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lɛv\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,195
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élèves »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).élèvesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vraie » (#1,194), « évolution » (#1,196), « volonté » (#1,193). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « élèves » est au #1,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around élèves (IPA \e.lɛv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,195 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de élève.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for élèves, with forms such as "eleves", "léèves", and "éllèves". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "elles", "Elvis", "épées", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 élèves, spelled É-L-È-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de élève.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si l’essor du phénomène associatif (loto des pompiers, des musiciens à la Sainte-Cécile, du club du troisième âge, des parents d’élèves, des anciens combattants, des boulistes, de la paroisse, des chasseurs…) atteste de mutations sociales et favorise des ambiances particulières, il montre aussi la permanence des besoins de la communauté.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eleves
  • léèves
  • éllèves
  • élvèes
  • élèevs
  • élèvess
  • élèvse
  • élèvves
  • éèlves

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eleves2léèves2éllèves1élvèes2élèevs2élèvess1élèvse2élèvves1
Edit distance from "élèves"

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 "élèves"?
"élèves" is spelled É-L-È-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɛv\.
What does "élèves" mean?
As a noun, "élèves" means: Pluriel de élève.
What words are commonly confused with "élèves"?
"élèves" is commonly confused with "elles", "Elvis", "épées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "élèves"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "élèves" is \e.lɛv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "élèves" come from?
"élèves" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ouvrir#1,186Marine#1,185pauvre#1,205regard#1,207

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

oublier9 variantsdollars9 variantsvoulais9 variantsroyaume9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list