équilibre
The verdict
“équilibre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,458 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,458
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: État des corps maintenus en repos sous l’influence de plusieurs forces qui se contrebalancent exactement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | équilibre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ki.libʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “équilibre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for équilibre is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ki.libʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,458 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for équilibre, with forms such as "equilibre", "qéuilibre", and "éqiulibre". 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, "équilibrée", "équilibrer", "équilibrés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is équilibre, spelled É-Q-U-I-L-I-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1État des corps maintenus en repos sous l’influence de plusieurs forces qui se contrebalancent exactement.
- 2Une condition telle que toutes les influences se compensent.
- 3Budget où les dépenses et les recettes se balancent exactement.
- 4État d’esprit où aucune passion, aucun préjugé ne prédomine.
- 5Dosage satisfaisant des différents nutriments dans une ration alimentaire.
- 6Répartition, distribution harmonieuse des masses qui composent une composition.
- 7Figure consistant à se maintenir à la verticale sur les mains.
- 8Dans une futaie irrégulière, objectif à long terme de structure du peuplement, de surface terrière ou de volume.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: equilibre,qéuilibre,éqiulibre,éqquilibre,équiilbre,équilbire,équilibbre,équiliber,équilibrre,équilirbe,équillibre,équliibre,éuqilibre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of équilibre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "équilibre"
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 “équilibre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-Q-U-I-L-I-B-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ki.libʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “équilibrée” - see the side-by-side comparison. équilibre vs équilibrée
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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