élite
\e.lit\
The verdict
“élite” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,393
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le plus digne d’être choisi, ainsi celui considéré comme le meilleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elite · élite · French
élite · rank #4,393 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,393
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH we
Nearest frequency peer: we (-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 « élite »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- veuillez
veuillez
95,611 corpus weight
- vieilles
vieilles
95,610 corpus weight
- we
we
95,609 corpus weight
- élite
élite
95,608 corpus weight
- éventuellem…
éventuellement
95,607 corpus weight
- abandon
abandon
95,606 corpus weight
What this shows « élite » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | élite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.lit\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élite »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around élite (IPA \e.lit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,393 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for élite, with forms such as "elite", "léite", and "éilte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "été", "elle", "élue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is élite, spelled É-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Le plus digne d’être choisi, ainsi celui considéré comme le meilleur.
- 2Classe ou caste d'individus, officielle ou non, considérés comme intrinsèquement supérieurs aux autres gens (en politique, économie, morale…).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Patrocle et quelques chefs qui marchent à ma suite, De mes Thessaliens vous amènent l’élite.
S'il y a un petit nombre d’âmes d’élite que Dieu meuve.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elite
- léite
- éilte
- éliet
- élitte
- éllite
- éltie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élite - 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 "élite", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).