étain
\e.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“étain” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,826. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,826
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de numéro atomique 50 et symbole chimique Sn.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etain · étain · French
étain · rank #21,826 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,826
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éruptions
Nearest frequency peer: éruptions (-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 « étain »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- éphémères
éphémères
78,179 corpus weight
- équipier
équipier
78,177 corpus weight
- éruptions
éruptions
78,176 corpus weight
- étain
étain
78,175 corpus weight
- évoluait
évoluait
78,174 corpus weight
- îlots
îlots
78,173 corpus weight
What this shows « étain » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | étain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #21,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étain »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around étain (IPA \e.tɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,826 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for étain, with forms such as "etain", "téain", and "éatin". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ETI", "état", "étui", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is étain, spelled É-T-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Élément chimique de numéro atomique 50 et symbole chimique Sn.
- 2Corps simple métallique de cet élément.
- 3Objet en étain ou en potin. Il est généralement utilisé au pluriel.
- 4De la couleur de l'étain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus tard on a reconnu que les acides chromique, chlorique, borique, acétique,et oxalique, ainsi que les chlorures de magnésium et d’étain, et enfin les aluns, se comportaient comme l’acide fluorhydrique.
De plus, les poussières de la basse troposphère renferment de 10 à 100 fois plus d’étain que n’en contient la croûte terrestre.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etain
- téain
- éatin
- étainn
- étani
- étian
- éttain
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étain - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).