équinoxe

\e.ki.nɔks\

/\e.ki.nɔks\/ noun

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The verdict

“équinoxe” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,237
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instant où le Soleil traverse le plan de l’équateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-equinoxe · équinoxe · French

équinoxe · rank #43,237 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,237
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH évaporer

Nearest frequency peer: évaporer (+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 « équinoxe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « équinoxe » 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
Key facts for équinoxe
PropertyValue
Headwordéquinoxe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ki.nɔks\
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,237
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « équinoxe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.équinoxese 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 « évaporer » (#43,238), « émigrants » (#43,235), « œillets » (#43,239). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « équinoxe » est au #43,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around équinoxe (IPA \e.ki.nɔks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,237 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for équinoxe, with forms such as "equinoxe", "qéuinoxe", and "éqiunoxe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is équinoxe, spelled É-Q-U-I-N-O-X-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instant où le Soleil traverse le plan de l’équateur.
  2. 2
    Période où, le Soleil passant par l’équateur céleste, les jours deviennent sensiblement égaux aux nuits pour toutes les régions de la Terre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le point de l'équinoxe vernal est aussi nommé plus simplement point vernal ou point gamma.
  2. L'équinoxe de printemps.

This word in other languages

equinox(English)equinoccio(Español)Äquinoktium(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • equinoxe
  • qéuinoxe
  • éqiunoxe
  • éqquinoxe
  • équinnoxe
  • équinoex
  • équinoxxe
  • équinxoe
  • équionxe
  • équnioxe
  • éuqinoxe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of équinoxe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

equinoxe1qéuinoxe2éqiunoxe2éqquinoxe1équinnoxe1équinoex2équinoxxe1équinxoe2
Edit distance from "équinoxe"

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 "équinoxe"?
"équinoxe" is spelled É-Q-U-I-N-O-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ki.nɔks\.
What does "équinoxe" mean?
As a noun, "équinoxe" means: Instant où le Soleil traverse le plan de l’équateur.
What are common misspellings of "équinoxe"?
Common misspellings include "equinoxe", "qéuinoxe", "éqiunoxe", "éqquinoxe", "équinnoxe". The correct spelling is "équinoxe".
How do you pronounce "équinoxe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "équinoxe" is \e.ki.nɔks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "équinoxe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

évaporer#43,238Éléonore#43,234éloignez#43,232édictées#43,229

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

élargis11 variantsécriteau11 variantsajustés11 variantsébranle11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list