établir

\e.ta.bliʁ\

/\e.ta.bliʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“établir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,498
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Asseoir et fixer une chose en un endroit, l’y rendre stable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etablir · établir · French

établir · rank #2,498 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,498
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étage

Nearest frequency peer: étage (+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 « établir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « établir » 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).

établir vs étaler
71% similar
établir vs établit
86% similar
établir vs établis
86% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « établir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).établirse 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 « étage » (#2,499), « terrible » (#2,496), « actualité » (#2,500). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « établir » est au #2,498. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around établir (IPA \e.ta.bliʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,498 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for établir, with forms such as "etablir", "téablir", and "éatblir". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "étaler", "établit", "établis", 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is établir, spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On communique d’un gaillard à l’autre par les passe-avans, et les dunettes sont établies à l’extrémité du gaillard d’arrière.
  2. Au XIIIᵉ siècle, on éventra les murs latéraux du chœur, comme à Laffaux (Aisne), pour établir un transept voûté d'ogives.

This word in other languages

found(English)establecer(Español)errichten(Deutsch)estabelecer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etablir
  • téablir
  • éatblir
  • étabblir
  • étabilr
  • établirr
  • établlir
  • établri
  • étalbir
  • étbalir
  • éttablir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etablir1téablir2éatblir2étabblir1étabilr2établirr1établlir1établri2
Edit distance from "établir"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

surpris#2,495avancer#2,503mélange#2,486meurtre#2,484

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

imaginer11 variantsfenêtre11 variantsmagazine11 variantscharges11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list