établit

\e.ta.bli\

/\e.ta.bli\/ verb

The verdict

“établit” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,095
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de établir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etablit · établit · French

établit · rank #5,095 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,095
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH établie

Nearest frequency peer: établie (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “établit”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “établit” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

établit vs était
71% similar
établit vs établi
86% similar
établit vs étable
71% similar

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

Key facts for établit
PropertyValue
Headwordétablit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ta.bli\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,095
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “établit” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). établit lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around établit (IPA \e.ta.bli\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,095 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for établit, with forms such as "etablit", "téablit", and "éatblit". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "était", "établi", "étable", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is établit, spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de établir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de établir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du reste, la nouvelle astrologie établit un compromis avec l’esprit positif ; elle se désoccultise, se désésotérise, laisse dans l’ombre son fondement anthropo-cosmologique (qui ne réémergera qu’après 1960 avec la « nouvelle gnose »).
  2. On fait des lits de fumier d’un demi-pied d’épaisseur, on y met dessus deux pouces de chaux vive bien menuisée; remettre un lit de fumier, et successivement un lit de chaux de la même épaisseur jusqu’à la hauteur de deux pieds à trente pouces; il s’établit alors une nouvelle fermentation par la médiation de la chaux, dont toutes les molécules se combinent…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etablit
  • téablit
  • éatblit
  • étabblit
  • étabilt
  • établitt
  • établlit
  • établti
  • étalbit
  • étbalit
  • éttablit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etablit1téablit2éatblit2étabblit1étabilt2établitt1établlit1établti2
Edit distance from "établit"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "établit"?
"établit" is spelled É-T-A-B-L-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta.bli\.
What does "établit" mean?
As a verb, "établit" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de établir.
What words are commonly confused with "établit"?
"établit" is commonly confused with "était", "établi", "étable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "établit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "établit" is \e.ta.bli\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "établit" come from?
"établit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

What to do next

You've looked up "établit". Here's where to go from here.

  • "établit" maps to 8 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "était". View pair
  • 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #5,095 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list