éolienne
\e.ɔ.ljɛn\
The verdict
“éolienne” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,048
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Turbine mue par le vent.
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 | éolienne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ɔ.ljɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éolienne” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around éolienne (IPA \e.ɔ.ljɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,048 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for éolienne, with forms such as "eolienne", "oélienne", and "éloienne". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Étienne", "éoliens", "Estienne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 éolienne, spelled É-O-L-I-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Turbine mue par le vent.
- 2Étoffe légère, très fine et très souple ayant l'aspect de la popeline, dont la trame est en laine et la chaîne en soie.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eolienne,oélienne,éloienne,éoilenne,éoleinne,éoliene,éolienen,éolinene,éollienne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éolienne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “éolienne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-O-L-I-E-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ɔ.ljɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Étienne” - see the side-by-side comparison. éolienne vs Étienne
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.