escroc

\ɛs.kʁo\

/\ɛs.kʁo\/ noun

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The verdict

“escroc” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,785. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,785
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui ou celle qui escroque, qui a l’habitude d’escroquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-escroc · escroc · French

escroc · rank #13,785 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,785
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excite

Nearest frequency peer: excite (+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 « escroc »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « escroc » 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).

escroc vs escrocs
86% similar
escroc vs écrou
50% similar

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

Key facts for escroc
PropertyValue
Headwordescroc
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.kʁo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,785
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « escroc »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).escrocse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « excite » (#13,786), « enrichi » (#13,783), « empare » (#13,782). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « escroc » est au #13,785. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around escroc (IPA \ɛs.kʁo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,785 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celui ou celle qui escroque, qui a l’habitude d’escroquer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for escroc, with forms such as "ecsroc", "esccroc", and "escorc". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "escrocs", "écrou", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is escroc, spelled E-S-C-R-O-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui ou celle qui escroque, qui a l’habitude d’escroquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce Mario Isolino, qui, simple escroc d’abord, était devenu, au moins par l’intention, un assassin.
  2. De tout temps, en effet, la fille, héroïne de tant de vieux romans, fut la protectrice, la compagne, la consolation du grec, du voleur, du tire-laine, du filou, de l’escroc.

Synonyms

arnaqueuresquiveurescroqueurescroqueusefiloufourbefripon

This word in other languages

crook(English)estafador(Español)Betrüger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsroc
  • esccroc
  • escorc
  • escrco
  • escrocc
  • escrroc
  • esrcoc
  • esscroc
  • secroc

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecsroc2esccroc1escorc2escrco2escrocc1escrroc1esrcoc2esscroc1
Edit distance from "escroc"

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 "escroc"?
"escroc" is spelled E-S-C-R-O-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.kʁo\.
What does "escroc" mean?
As a noun, "escroc" means: Celui ou celle qui escroque, qui a l’habitude d’escroquer.
What words are commonly confused with "escroc"?
"escroc" is commonly confused with "escrocs", "écrou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escroc"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escroc" is \ɛs.kʁo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escroc" come from?
"escroc" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

excite#13,786empare#13,782forest#13,795froids#13,796

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fériés9 variantsgénies9 variantsClarke9 variantsbridge9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list