encéphalite
\ɑ̃.se.fa.lit\
The verdict
“encéphalite” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,316
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maladie inflammatoire de l’encéphale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-encephalite · encéphalite · French
encéphalite · rank #47,316 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,316
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 201,161
- PHOTO-FINISH emojis
Nearest frequency peer: emojis (-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 “encéphalite”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- efforçant
efforçant
52,688 corpus weight
- ela
ela
52,687 corpus weight
- emojis
emojis
52,686 corpus weight
- encéphalite
encéphalite
52,685 corpus weight
- endives
endives
52,684 corpus weight
- enjambe
enjambe
52,683 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “encéphalite” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encéphalite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.se.fa.lit\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #47,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encéphalite” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around encéphalite (IPA \ɑ̃.se.fa.lit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,316 among 201,161 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maladie inflammatoire de l’encéphale.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for encéphalite, with forms such as "ecnéphalite", "enccéphalite", and "encephalite". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 encéphalite, spelled E-N-C-É-P-H-A-L-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie inflammatoire de l’encéphale.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnéphalite
- enccéphalite
- encephalite
- encpéhalite
- encéhpalite
- encépahlite
- encéphailte
- encéphaliet
- encéphalitte
- encéphallite
- encéphaltie
- encéphhalite
- encéphlaite
- encépphalite
- enncéphalite
- enécphalite
- necéphalite
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encéphalite - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encéphalite", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.