errer

\e.ʁe\

/\e.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“errer” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,802) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#27,802
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaguer de côté et d’autre ; aller çà et là.

Corpus desk

Index FR-errer · errer · French

errer · rank #27,802 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,802
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH enrichissent

Nearest frequency peer: enrichissent (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « errer »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « errer » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

errer vs etre
60% similar
errer vs ever
60% similar
errer vs êtres
40% similar

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

Key facts for errer
PropertyValue
Headworderrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,802
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « errer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.errerse 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 « enrichissent » (#27,801), « enragé » (#27,800), « essaya » (#27,804). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « errer » est au #27,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for errer is neighbouring look-alikes ("etre", "ever", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \e.ʁe\. Frequency #27,802 among 3,255 “E” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for errer, with forms such as "ererr", "errerr", and "errre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "etre", "ever", "êtres", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is errer, spelled E-R-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vaguer de côté et d’autre ; aller çà et là.
  2. 2
    Se tromper ; avoir une fausse opinion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Combien de temps encore errèrent-ils ainsi, ballottés sur ces eaux furieuses?
  2. Pour la première fois je vis ici, dans le Koutei, des karbaux (bœufs) qui paissaient dans les champs ainsi que des troupeaux de porcs qui erraient partout.

Synonyms

battre le pavédéambulerflânerrôdervaguer

This word in other languages

roam(English)vagar(Español)umherirren(Deutsch)vadiar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ererr
  • errerr
  • errre
  • rerer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ererr2errerr1errre2rerer2
Edit distance from "errer"

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 "errer"?
"errer" is spelled E-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʁe\.
What does "errer" mean?
As a verb, "errer" means: Vaguer de côté et d’autre ; aller çà et là.
What words are commonly confused with "errer"?
"errer" is commonly confused with "etre", "ever", "êtres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "errer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "errer" is \e.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "errer" come from?
"errer" 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 "errer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Ellie#27,795figée#27,810funky#27,817félin#27,819

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list