éolien
\e.ɔ.ljɛ̃\
The verdict
“éolien” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,497
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est relatif au vent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eolien · éolien · French
éolien · rank #13,497 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,497
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH énoncé
Nearest frequency peer: énoncé (-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 « éolien »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- élastique
élastique
86,507 corpus weight
- émotionnel
émotionnel
86,506 corpus weight
- énoncé
énoncé
86,505 corpus weight
- éolien
éolien
86,504 corpus weight
- épave
épave
86,503 corpus weight
- érable
érable
86,502 corpus weight
What this shows « éolien » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | éolien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.ɔ.ljɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éolien »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around éolien (IPA \e.ɔ.ljɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,497 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for éolien, with forms such as "eolien", "oélien", and "éloien". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "éoliens", "éolienne", "élie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 éolien, spelled É-O-L-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est relatif au vent.
- 2Relatif aux éoliennes.
- 3Qui rend des sons harmonieux lorsqu’on le suspend et que le vent vient à le frapper en parlant d’une éoli-harpe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éolien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son ouïe, qu’elle garda fine, l’informait aussi, et elle captait des avertissements éoliens.
A l'Ouest de la Trappe existent des sols rubéfiés, extrêmement aréneux (avec plus de 90 % de sable), sur grès dunaire. Ils sont probablement d'origine résiduelle et partiellement d'origine d'origine éolienne et colluviale.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eolien
- oélien
- éloien
- éoilen
- éolein
- éolienn
- éoline
- éollien
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éolien - 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.
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 "éolien", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).