éloges

\e.lɔʒ\

/\e.lɔʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“éloges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,599
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de éloge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eloges · éloges · French

éloges · rank #17,599 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,599
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écuyer

Nearest frequency peer: écuyer (-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 « éloges »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « éloges » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

éloges vs élues
67% similar
éloges vs étages
67% similar
éloges vs érigés
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for éloges
PropertyValue
Headwordéloges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.lɔʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,599
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éloges »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).élogesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « écuyer » (#17,598), « épousa » (#17,600), « écuries » (#17,597). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éloges » est au #17,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around éloges (IPA \e.lɔʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,599 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de éloge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for éloges, with forms such as "eloges", "léoges", and "élgoes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "élues", "étages", "érigés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éloges, spelled É-L-O-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de éloge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how éloges appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les journalistes, dont il récompensait, de son vivant, les tumultueux éloges, se taisent aujourd’hui.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eloges
  • léoges
  • élgoes
  • élloges
  • éloegs
  • élogess
  • élogges
  • élogse
  • éolges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éloges - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eloges1léoges2élgoes2élloges1éloegs2élogess1élogges1élogse2
Edit distance from "éloges"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "éloges"?
"éloges" is spelled É-L-O-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.lɔʒ\.
What does "éloges" mean?
As a noun, "éloges" means: Pluriel de éloge.
What words are commonly confused with "éloges"?
"éloges" is commonly confused with "élues", "étages", "érigés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éloges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éloges" is \e.lɔʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éloges" come from?
"éloges" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éloges", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écuyer#17,598épousa#17,600écoule#17,596volées#17,591

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

accumule9 variantsadmets9 variantsAirbnb9 variantsamicaux9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list