érige

\e.ʁiʒ\

/\e.ʁiʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“érige” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,347. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,347
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ériger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-erige · érige · French

érige · rank #35,347 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,347
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH épuisent

Nearest frequency peer: épuisent (-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 « érige »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « érige » 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).

érige vs erre
40% similar
érige vs étage
60% similar
érige vs exige
60% similar

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

Key facts for érige
PropertyValue
Headwordérige
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ʁiʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,347
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « érige »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.érigese 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 « épuisent » (#35,346), « évanouit » (#35,348), « épicentre » (#35,345). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « érige » est au #35,347. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around érige (IPA \e.ʁiʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,347 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for érige, with forms such as "erige", "réige", and "éirge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "erre", "étage", "exige", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is érige, spelled É-R-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ériger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ériger.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ériger.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ériger.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de ériger.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erige
  • réige
  • éirge
  • érgie
  • érieg
  • érigge
  • érrige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erige1réige2éirge2érgie2érieg2érigge1érrige1
Edit distance from "érige"

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 "érige"?
"érige" is spelled É-R-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁiʒ\.
What does "érige" mean?
As a verb, "érige" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de ériger.
What words are commonly confused with "érige"?
"érige" is commonly confused with "erre", "étage", "exige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "érige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "érige" is \e.ʁiʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "érige" come from?
"érige" 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 "érige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

écope#35,341Yates#35,336wouah#35,334vêtir#35,330

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

accrus7 variantsallocs7 variantsstoke7 variantsboogie7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list