Ernest
\ɛʁ.nɛst\
The verdict
“Ernest” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,868
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin populaire au XIXᵉ siècle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ernest · Ernest · French
Ernest · rank #10,868 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,868
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH envahi
Nearest frequency peer: envahi (-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 « Ernest »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- entendez
entendez
89,136 corpus weight
- entretenu
entretenu
89,135 corpus weight
- envahi
envahi
89,134 corpus weight
- Ernest
Ernest
89,133 corpus weight
- fanny
fanny
89,131 corpus weight
- figurant
figurant
89,130 corpus weight
What this shows « Ernest » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Ernest |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛʁ.nɛst\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Ernest »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Ernest (IPA \ɛʁ.nɛst\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,868 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin populaire au XIXᵉ siècle.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ernest, with forms such as "enrest", "erenst", and "ernesst". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ernst", "errent", "Ernesto", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Ernest, spelled E-R-N-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin populaire au XIXᵉ siècle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ernest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Si cela était vrai, dis-je à mon tour, je n’aurais pas prié Ernest de vous demander la permission de me présenter.
Pourtant, Henriette et Jean font leur possible pour la soulager de toute tâche, pour l’alimenter le mieux possible, avec l’aide d’Ernest, et Henriette, de son côté, harcèle sans cesse le chef de camp et sa femme, avec qui elle a bien sympathisé grâce aux cours qu’elle dispense à ses enfants, pour obtenir quelque médicament bienfaiteur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enrest
- erenst
- ernesst
- ernestt
- ernets
- ernnest
- ernset
- errnest
- renest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ernest - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).