établir

/\e.ta.bliʁ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,498

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

établir is aFrenchverb. It means: Asseoir et fixer une chose en un endroit, l’y rendre stable. Pronounced \e.ta.bliʁ\. It ranks #2,498 in French word frequency. Often confused with étaler and établit.

Key facts for établir
PropertyValue
Headwordétablir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ta.bliʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,498
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for établir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.ta.bliʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,498 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for établir, with forms such as "etablir", "téablir", and "éatblir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "étaler", "établit", "établis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 établir, spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Asseoir et fixer une chose en un endroit, l’y rendre stable.
  2. 2
    Installer.
  3. 3
    Mettre dans un état, dans un emploi avantageux, dans une condition stable.
  4. 4
    Instituer.
  5. 5
    Faire adopter, en parlant des lois, des opinions, des doctrines et autres choses semblables et, auxquelles on commence à donner cours.
  6. 6
    Prouver ; démontrer.
  7. 7
    Dresser avec pièces à l’appui, en parlant d’un compte financier.
  8. 8
    Poser, en parlant des principes.
  9. 9
    Exposer avec ses preuves, en parlant d’un fait.
  10. 10
    Fixer sa demeure, sa résidence en quelque lieu.
  11. 11
    Se marier ou prendre un état.
  12. 12
    Gagner la faveur, la confiance.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etablir,téablir,éatblir,étabblir,étabilr,établirr,établlir,établri,étalbir,étbalir,éttablir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for établir

Misspelling Variants of "établir"

etablir7téablir7éatblir7étabblir8étabilr7établirr8établlir8établri7
Misspelling Variants of "établir"

Frequency rank: #2,498 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "établir"?
"établir" is spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta.bliʁ\.
What does "établir" mean?
As a verb, "établir" means: Asseoir et fixer une chose en un endroit, l’y rendre stable.
What words are commonly confused with "établir"?
"établir" is commonly confused with "étaler", "établit", "établis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "établir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "établir" is \e.ta.bliʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "établir" come from?
"établir" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.