Elvis

\ɛl.vis\

/\ɛl.vis\/ name

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The verdict

“Elvis” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,780
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin anglais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elvis · Elvis · French

Elvis · rank #13,780 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,780
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elsa

Nearest frequency peer: Elsa (-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 « Elvis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Elvis » 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).

Elvis vs émis
40% similar
Elvis vs evil
40% similar
Elvis vs envi
40% similar

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

Key facts for Elvis
PropertyValue
HeadwordElvis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɛl.vis\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,780
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Elvis »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Elvisse 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 « Elsa » (#13,779), « embêter » (#13,781), « empare » (#13,782). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Elvis » est au #13,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Elvis (IPA \ɛl.vis\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,780 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin anglais.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Elvis, with forms such as "elivs", "ellvis", and "elviss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "émis", "evil", "envi", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Elvis, spelled E-L-V-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin anglais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je calculai. Elle avait neuf ans à la mort d’Elvis Presley.
  2. On lui offre sur un plateau des albums-hommages, où chantent Elvis Costello et Sufjan Stevens.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elivs
  • ellvis
  • elviss
  • elvsi
  • elvvis
  • evlis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Elvis - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

elivs2ellvis1elviss1elvsi2elvvis1evlis2
Edit distance from "Elvis"

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 "Elvis"?
"Elvis" is spelled E-L-V-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛl.vis\.
What does "Elvis" mean?
As a proper noun, "Elvis" means: Prénom masculin anglais.
What words are commonly confused with "Elvis"?
"Elvis" is commonly confused with "émis", "evil", "envi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Elvis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Elvis" is \ɛl.vis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Elvis" come from?
"Elvis" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

direz#13,768crevé#13,763gomme#13,802board#13,742

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

folk6 variantsjenny6 variantsaveux6 variantsward6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list