essor

\e.sɔʁ\

/\e.sɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“essor” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,316
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de l’oiseau qui s’élance pour prendre son vol.

Corpus desk

Index FR-essor · essor · French

essor · rank #7,316 · 5 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,316
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH escaliers

Nearest frequency peer: escaliers (-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 « essor »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « essor » 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).

essor vs ester
60% similar
essor vs essai
60% similar
essor vs encor
60% similar

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

Key facts for essor
PropertyValue
Headwordessor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.sɔʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,316
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « essor »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « escaliers » (#7,315), « entendent » (#7,314), « encourage » (#7,313). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « essor » est au #7,316. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around essor (IPA \e.sɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,316 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for essor, with forms such as "esor", "esosr", and "essorr". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "ester", "essai", "encor", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is essor, spelled E-S-S-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de l’oiseau qui s’élance pour prendre son vol.
  2. 2
    Envol d’un aéronef.
  3. 3
    Élan vers le haut.
  4. 4
    Élan hâtif.
  5. 5
    Mouvement moral, comparé à l’essor de l’oiseau, par lequel un homme, un esprit, une âme se portent aux choses élevées, étendues.
  6. 6
    Succès qu’obtient un livre, une idée.
  7. 7
    Action de débuter en quelque chose avec énergie, avec hardiesse et liberté.
  8. 8
    Publication, sortie d'un livre.
  9. 9
    Développement qui a quelque chose de rapide comme le vol de l’oiseau.
  10. 10
    Ouverture dans le haut d’une cave enterrée ou d’une galerie avec un conduit vertical vers la surface pour assurer une ventilation par convection naturelle.
  11. 11
    Libération d’une contrainte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avant que la nitée Se trouvât assez forte encor Pour voler et prendre l’essor.
  2. Ses rues, dans le silence d’un lieu désert, attendent le claquement des volets, l’ouverture des portes, le hennissement des chevaux, l’essor d’une marmaille.

This word in other languages

flight(English)auge(Español)Aufschwung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esor
  • esosr
  • essorr
  • essro
  • sesor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

esor1esosr2essorr1essro2sesor2
Edit distance from "essor"

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 "essor"?
"essor" is spelled E-S-S-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.sɔʁ\.
What does "essor" mean?
As a noun, "essor" means: Action de l’oiseau qui s’élance pour prendre son vol.
What words are commonly confused with "essor"?
"essor" is commonly confused with "ester", "essai", "encor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "essor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "essor" is \e.sɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "essor" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

filer#7,321diane#7,302Julia#7,337meurs#7,342

Similar misspelling depth

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

gaza5 variantsdead5 variantslits5 variantsrevu5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list