élis
\e.li\
The verdict
“élis” is uncommon French (frequency #97,586 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,586
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de élire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elis · élis · French
élis · rank #97,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,586
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH électrolumine…
Nearest frequency peer: électroluminescentes (-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 “élis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- écœurer
écœurer
2,418 corpus weight
- Édesse
Édesse
2,417 corpus weight
- électrolumi…
électroluminescentes
2,416 corpus weight
- élis
élis
2,415 corpus weight
- élixirs
élixirs
2,414 corpus weight
- émeus
émeus
2,413 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élis” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.li\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #97,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “élis” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
élis is uncommon French at frequency #97,586 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
élis has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is élis, spelled É-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de élire.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de élire.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 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.