escroquerie

\ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi\

/\ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“escroquerie” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,764. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,764
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’escroquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-escroquerie · escroquerie · French

escroquerie · rank #11,764 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,764
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envoyées

Nearest frequency peer: envoyées (-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 « escroquerie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « escroquerie » 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).

escroquerie vs escroqueries
92% similar
escroquerie vs escroquer
82% similar

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

Key facts for escroquerie
PropertyValue
Headwordescroquerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,764
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « escroquerie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.escroqueriese 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 « envoyées » (#11,763), « eur » (#11,765), « envahir » (#11,762). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « escroquerie » est au #11,764. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around escroquerie (IPA \ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,764 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for escroquerie, with forms such as "ecsroquerie", "esccroquerie", and "escorquerie". 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, "escroqueries", "escroquer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is escroquerie, spelled E-S-C-R-O-Q-U-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’escroquer.
  2. 2
    Vol commis par des moyens frauduleux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était au courant de toutes les escroqueries classiques.
  2. « Honnêtement, ça relève du Ponzi », a lâché Gabriel Attal en référence au schéma d’escroquerie des pyramides de Ponzi.

Synonyms

arnaquefilouterie

This word in other languages

fraud(English)estafa(Español)Betrügerei(Deutsch)golpe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecsroquerie
  • esccroquerie
  • escorquerie
  • escroqeurie
  • escroqquerie
  • escroqueire
  • escroquerei
  • escroquerrie
  • escroqureie
  • escrouqerie
  • escrqouerie
  • escrroquerie
  • esrcoquerie
  • esscroquerie
  • secroquerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ecsroquerie2esccroquerie1escorquerie2escroqeurie2escroqquerie1escroqueire2escroquerei2escroquerrie1
Edit distance from "escroquerie"

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 "escroquerie"?
"escroquerie" is spelled E-S-C-R-O-Q-U-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi\.
What does "escroquerie" mean?
As a noun, "escroquerie" means: Action d’escroquer.
What words are commonly confused with "escroquerie"?
"escroquerie" is commonly confused with "escroqueries", "escroquer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "escroquerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "escroquerie" is \ɛs.kʁɔ.kʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "escroquerie" come from?
"escroquerie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dessinateur#11,752généralisée#11,781construites#11,743compression#11,738

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

exploitant15 variantsdétestent15 variantsdistincts15 variantsconduisant15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list