élira
\e.li.ʁa\
The verdict
“élira” is uncommon French (frequency #90,339 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,339
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du futur de élire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elira · élira · French
élira · rank #90,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,339
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH égratigne
Nearest frequency peer: égratigne (-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 “élira”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- écopent
écopent
9,666 corpus weight
- égalisent
égalisent
9,665 corpus weight
- égratigne
égratigne
9,663 corpus weight
- élira
élira
9,662 corpus weight
- émacié
émacié
9,660 corpus weight
- émancipés
émancipés
9,659 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élira” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élira |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.li.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “élira” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
élira is uncommon French at frequency #90,339 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.li.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du futur de élire.".
élira doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is élira, spelled É-L-I-R-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du futur de élire.
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
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.