étagères

\e.ta.ʒɛʁ\

/\e.ta.ʒɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“étagères” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,235
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de étagère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etageres · étagères · French

étagères · rank #26,235 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,235
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH épis

Nearest frequency peer: épis (-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 « étagères »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étagères » 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).

étagères vs étages
75% similar
étagères vs exagère
63% similar
étagères vs étalées
63% similar

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

Key facts for étagères
PropertyValue
Headwordétagères
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ta.ʒɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,235
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étagères »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « épis » (#26,234), « étire » (#26,236), « épiderme » (#26,233). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étagères » est au #26,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around étagères (IPA \e.ta.ʒɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,235 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de étagère.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for étagères, with forms such as "etageres", "téagères", and "éatgères". 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, "étages", "exagère", "étalées", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is étagères, spelled É-T-A-G-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de étagère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’ai laissé mes yeux traîner sur les étagères. Crèmes de jour, de nuit, masques hydratants, purifiants, gommages, sérums antifatigue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etageres
  • téagères
  • éatgères
  • étaggères
  • étagrèes
  • étagèers
  • étagèress
  • étagèrres
  • étagèrse
  • étaègres
  • étgaères
  • éttagères

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étagères - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etageres2téagères2éatgères2étaggères1étagrèes2étagèers2étagèress1étagèrres1
Edit distance from "étagères"

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 "étagères"?
"étagères" is spelled É-T-A-G-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ta.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "étagères" mean?
As a noun, "étagères" means: Pluriel de étagère.
What words are commonly confused with "étagères"?
"étagères" is commonly confused with "étages", "exagère", "étalées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étagères"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étagères" is \e.ta.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étagères" come from?
"étagères" 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 "étagères", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list