endroit

\ɑ̃.dʁwa\

/\ɑ̃.dʁwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“endroit” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #962. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#962
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie déterminée d’un espace.

Corpus desk

Index FR-endroit · endroit · French

endroit · rank #962 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #962
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH dos

Nearest frequency peer: dos (-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 « endroit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « endroit » 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).

endroit vs étroit
57% similar
endroit vs enduit
71% similar
endroit vs entrait
71% similar

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

Key facts for endroit
PropertyValue
Headwordendroit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.dʁwa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#962
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « endroit »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).endroitse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dos » (#961), « essayer » (#963), « court » (#960). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « endroit » est au #962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around endroit (IPA \ɑ̃.dʁwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #962 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for endroit, with forms such as "ednroit", "enddroit", and "endorit". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "étroit", "enduit", "entrait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is endroit, spelled E-N-D-R-O-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie déterminée d’un espace.
  2. 2
    Lieu dont il s’agit ou dont on parle.
  3. 3
    Toute place ou de toute partie déterminée d’une chose quelconque.
  4. 4
    Partie d’un discours, d’un poème, d’un ouvrage d’esprit.
  5. 5
    Partie, côté d’un objet à deux faces qu’on devrait regarder en premier.
  6. 6
    Adret.
  7. 7
    Toilettes, WC, petit endroit.
  8. 8
    Le lieu où on l’on réside habituellement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bert se hâta de les suivre, mais il lui fut impossible d’avancer assez vite et assez subrepticement pour surprendre en quel endroit ils avaient caché les vivres.
  2. Les kangourous vivent généralement en bandes, choisissant comme habitation un endroit pourvu d'eau et voisin d'un scrub, afin de pouvoir s'y réfugier au besoin.

Synonyms

placelieupassageaversrectoadretdroit

Antonyms

enversversoenversubac

This word in other languages

place(English)sitio(Español)Ort(Deutsch)local(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ednroit
  • enddroit
  • endorit
  • endriot
  • endroitt
  • endroti
  • endrroit
  • enndroit
  • enrdoit
  • nedroit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of endroit - 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.

ednroit2enddroit1endorit2endriot2endroitt1endroti2endrroit1enndroit1
Edit distance from "endroit"

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 "endroit"?
"endroit" is spelled E-N-D-R-O-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.dʁwa\.
What does "endroit" mean?
As a noun, "endroit" means: Partie déterminée d’un espace.
What words are commonly confused with "endroit"?
"endroit" is commonly confused with "étroit", "enduit", "entrait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "endroit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "endroit" is \ɑ̃.dʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "endroit" come from?
"endroit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

essayer#963attaque#957lumière#967Adresse#955

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

petites10 variantscommerce10 variantsmontrer10 variantsgroupes10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list