équité

\e.ki.te\

/\e.ki.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“équité” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,979
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment naturel, spontané, du juste et de l’injuste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-equite · équité · French

équité · rank #10,979 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,979
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH ému

Nearest frequency peer: ému (-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 « équité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « équité » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

équité vs évite
50% similar
équité vs excite
33% similar
équité vs ermite
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for équité
PropertyValue
Headwordéquité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ki.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,979
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « équité »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.équitése 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 « ému » (#10,978), « étonnante » (#10,980), « écurie » (#10,977). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « équité » est au #10,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around équité (IPA \e.ki.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,979 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 équité, with forms such as "equite", "qéuité", and "éqiuté". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "évite", "excite", "ermite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is équité, spelled É-Q-U-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment naturel, spontané, du juste et de l’injuste.
  2. 2
    Traitement de chacun selon ce qui lui revient de droit, selon son mérite.
  3. 3
    La juste répartition de la richesse collective.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vils instruments soumis à la main la plus forte, Ils foulent à prix d’or l’équité sainte aux pieds, Sachant ce que le sang des malheureux rapporte.
  2. Il fut absous, parce qu’on eut plus d’égard à l’équité qu’à la justice rigoureuse.

Antonyms

inéquité

This word in other languages

equity(English)equidad(Español)Billigkeit(Deutsch)equidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • equite
  • qéuité
  • éqiuté
  • éqquité
  • équitté
  • équiét
  • équtié
  • éuqité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of équité - 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.

equite2qéuité2éqiuté2éqquité1équitté1équiét2équtié2éuqité2
Edit distance from "équité"

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 "équité"?
"équité" is spelled É-Q-U-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ki.te\.
What does "équité" mean?
As a noun, "équité" means: Sentiment naturel, spontané, du juste et de l’injuste.
What words are commonly confused with "équité"?
"équité" is commonly confused with "évite", "excite", "ermite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "équité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "équité" is \e.ki.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "équité" come from?
"équité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écurie#10,977volcan#10,970argile#10,991Armand#10,992

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Yémen8 variantsattrape8 variantstortue8 variantstendue8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list