équilibrer
\e.ki.li.bʁe\
The verdict
“équilibrer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,317. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,317
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre ou tenir en équilibre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-equilibrer · équilibrer · French
équilibrer · rank #17,317 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,317
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH écorce
Nearest frequency peer: écorce (-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 “équilibrer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- yorkais
yorkais
82,687 corpus weight
- Yvon
Yvon
82,686 corpus weight
- écorce
écorce
82,685 corpus weight
- équilibrer
équilibrer
82,684 corpus weight
- étale
étale
82,683 corpus weight
- évaluée
évaluée
82,682 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “équilibrer” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | équilibrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ki.li.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #17,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “équilibrer” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around équilibrer (IPA \e.ki.li.bʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,317 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Mettre ou tenir en équilibre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for équilibrer, with forms such as "equilibrer", "qéuilibrer", and "éqiulibrer". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "équilibrés", "équilibre", "équilibrée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is équilibrer, spelled É-Q-U-I-L-I-B-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre ou tenir en équilibre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how équilibrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] : l'animal porte ainsi un coffre sur chaque flanc, et il faut avoir soin que le fardeau soit parfaitement équilibré, sans quoi l'on devra s'arrêter à chaque minute pour arranger la selle qui s'en va de travers avec les bagages.
L’unité optimiste de la nature végétale est morcelée et pour équilibrer ce morcellement, il entoure craintivement le tourbillon de feuilles dans une sorte de nimbe sombre qui protège et qui pèse.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- equilibrer
- qéuilibrer
- éqiulibrer
- éqquilibrer
- équiilbrer
- équilbirer
- équilibbrer
- équiliberr
- équilibrerr
- équilibrrer
- équilirber
- équillibrer
- équliibrer
- éuqilibrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of équilibrer - 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.
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 September 3, 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 "équilibrer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "équilibrer" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "équilibrés". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,317 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.