élitiste
\e.li.tist\
The verdict
“élitiste” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,307. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,307
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne une élite ou l’élitisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elitiste · élitiste · French
élitiste · rank #31,307 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,307
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écueil
Nearest frequency peer: écueil (-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 “élitiste”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- éclatée
éclatée
68,697 corpus weight
- écoutons
écoutons
68,696 corpus weight
- écueil
écueil
68,695 corpus weight
- élitiste
élitiste
68,694 corpus weight
- émettant
émettant
68,693 corpus weight
- émotive
émotive
68,692 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élitiste” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | élitiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.li.tist\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “élitiste” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around élitiste (IPA \e.li.tist\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,307 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui concerne une élite ou l’élitisme.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for élitiste, with forms such as "elitiste", "léitiste", and "éiltiste". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 élitiste, spelled É-L-I-T-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne une élite ou l’élitisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how élitiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il décida d’écrire non pas pour sa propre revue ou un hebdomadaire, ou encore une feuille élitiste lue par des intellectuels, mais pour un quotidien populaire, à très fort tirage.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elitiste
- léitiste
- éiltiste
- éliitste
- élitiset
- élitisste
- élitistte
- élititse
- élitsite
- élittiste
- éllitiste
- éltiiste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élitiste - 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 "élitiste", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #31,307 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.