établit
\e.ta.bli\
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)
- écologie
écologie
94,909 corpus weight
- édifice
édifice
94,908 corpus weight
- établie
établie
94,907 corpus weight
- établit
établit
94,906 corpus weight
- évite
évite
94,905 corpus weight
- absolu
absolu
94,904 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.
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 | établit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ta.bli\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “établit” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de établir.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de établir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how établit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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 »).
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.
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.
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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
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- "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
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.