élus
\e.ly\
The verdict
“élus” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,983. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,983
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de élu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-elus · élus · French
élus · rank #1,983 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,983
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH égalité
Nearest frequency peer: égalité (-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 “élus”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- volume
volume
98,021 corpus weight
- voyez
voyez
98,020 corpus weight
- égalité
égalité
98,019 corpus weight
- élus
élus
98,018 corpus weight
- boire
boire
98,017 corpus weight
- chômage
chômage
98,016 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “élus” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | élus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ly\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “élus” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around élus (IPA \e.ly\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,983 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de élu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for élus, with forms such as "elus", "léus", and "éllus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eu", "euh", "eut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is élus, spelled É-L-U-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de élu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elus
- léus
- éllus
- élsu
- éluss
- éuls
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of élus - 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 "élus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "élus". Here's where to go from here.
- "élus" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Eu". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,983 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.