esquiver
\ɛs.ki.ve\
The verdict
“esquiver” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,713
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éviter adroitement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-esquiver · esquiver · French
esquiver · rank #20,713 · 11 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,713
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH envahissent
Nearest frequency peer: envahissent (-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 « esquiver »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- ena
ena
79,291 corpus weight
- enlevées
enlevées
79,290 corpus weight
- envahissent
envahissent
79,289 corpus weight
- esquiver
esquiver
79,288 corpus weight
- expertises
expertises
79,286 corpus weight
- expliquée
expliquée
79,285 corpus weight
What this shows « esquiver » 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 | esquiver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.ki.ve\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « esquiver »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around esquiver (IPA \ɛs.ki.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,713 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for esquiver, with forms such as "eqsuiver", "esqiuver", and "esqquiver". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "équiper", "esquivé", "esquisser", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is esquiver, spelled E-S-Q-U-I-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Éviter adroitement.
- 2Faire une parade par éviter de faire quelque chose ou de subir un affrontement ou ses conséquences.
- 3Se retirer sans rien dire et en évitant d’être aperçu, d’une compagnie, d’un lieu où l’on ne veut pas demeurer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how esquiver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Instinctivement Éric esquive le coup, bascule en arrière en entraînant l’homme dans sa chute et l’envoie bouler à quelques mètres.
Si l’intersection comprend un passage pour piétons, le niveau de risque assumé par les conducteurs est plus grand, car ils tendent à esquiver les piétons plutôt que de freiner.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eqsuiver
- esqiuver
- esqquiver
- esquievr
- esquiverr
- esquivre
- esquivver
- esquvier
- essquiver
- esuqiver
- sequiver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esquiver - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).