élites
\e.lit\
The verdict
“élites” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,486
- 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 élite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elites · élites · French
élites · rank #8,486 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,486
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écossais
Nearest frequency peer: écossais (-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 « élites »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- XVIIIe
XVIIIe
91,518 corpus weight
- Zélande
Zélande
91,517 corpus weight
- écossais
écossais
91,516 corpus weight
- élites
élites
91,515 corpus weight
- 4G
4G
91,513 corpus weight
- abattre
abattre
91,512 corpus weight
What this shows « élites » 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 | élites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.lit\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « élites »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around élites (IPA \e.lit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,486 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de élite.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for élites, with forms such as "elites", "léites", and "éiltes". 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, "êtes", "elles", "évite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is élites, spelled É-L-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de élite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how élites appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le pourrissement de la langue se fait par les élites, alors que, dans les profondeurs, on garde l’amour des mots justes, honnêtes et charmants.
Non, l’Occident, cette géographie du désir et des déceptions, n’est pas une utopie, ni un paradis bien sûr, ni une démocratie réalisée, mais c’est vers ce lieu que fuient les chaloupes et les élites.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elites
- léites
- éiltes
- éliets
- élitess
- élitse
- élittes
- éllites
- élties
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élites - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "élites", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).