escadrille

/\ɛs.ka.dʁij\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,247

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

escadrille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit groupe de navires légers. Selon l’OTAN, le terme est utilisé en français pour désigner un groupe de sous-marins ou d’aéronefs de soutien ; pour les bâtiments de surface et les aéronefs de com... Pronounced \ɛs.ka.dʁij\.

Key facts for escadrille
PropertyValue
Headwordescadrille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.ka.dʁij\
Letters10
Frequency rank#33,247
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of escadrille in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for escadrille is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.ka.dʁij\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,247 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for escadrille, with forms such as "ecsadrille", "esacdrille", and "escaddrille". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is escadrille, spelled E-S-C-A-D-R-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit groupe de navires légers. Selon l’OTAN, le terme est utilisé en français pour désigner un groupe de sous-marins ou d’aéronefs de soutien ; pour les bâtiments de surface et les aéronefs de combat, on utilise flottille.
  2. 2
    Groupe d’avions.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecsadrille,esacdrille,escaddrille,escadirlle,escadrile,escadrilel,escadrlile,escadrrille,escardille,esccadrille,escdarille,esscadrille,secadrille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for escadrille

Misspelling Variants of "escadrille"

ecsadrille10esacdrille10escaddrille11escadirlle10escadrile9escadrilel10escadrlile10escadrrille11
Misspelling Variants of "escadrille"

Frequency rank: #33,247 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "escadrille"?
"escadrille" is spelled E-S-C-A-D-R-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.ka.dʁij\.
What does "escadrille" mean?
As a noun, "escadrille" means: Petit groupe de navires légers. Selon l’OTAN, le terme est utilisé en français pour désigner un groupe de sous-marins ou d’aéronefs de soutien ; pour les bâtiments de surface et les aéronefs de com...
What are common misspellings of "escadrille"?
Common misspellings include "ecsadrille", "esacdrille", "escaddrille", "escadirlle", "escadrile". The correct spelling is "escadrille".
How do you pronounce "escadrille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escadrille" is \ɛs.ka.dʁij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escadrille" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.