étalons

\e.ta.lɔ̃\

/\e.ta.lɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“étalons” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,879
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-etalons · étalons · French

étalons · rank #30,879 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,879
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH équipementier

Nearest frequency peer: équipementier (-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 « étalons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étalons » 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).

étalons vs étals
71% similar
étalons vs étions
71% similar
étalons vs étalon
86% similar

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

Key facts for étalons
PropertyValue
Headwordétalons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ta.lɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,879
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étalons »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).étalonsse 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 « équipementier » (#30,878), « évidences » (#30,880), « épouvante » (#30,877). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étalons » est au #30,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around étalons (IPA \e.ta.lɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,879 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de étalon.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for étalons, with forms such as "etalons", "téalons", and "éatlons". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "étals", "étions", "étalon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is étalons, spelled É-T-A-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de étalon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le monométallisme est la doctrine économique d'après laquelle un métal unique doit servir à faire de la monnaie, par opposition au bimétallisme, qui admet plusieurs étalons.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etalons
  • téalons
  • éatlons
  • étallons
  • étalnos
  • étalonns
  • étalonss
  • étalosn
  • étaolns
  • étlaons
  • éttalons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étalons - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etalons1téalons2éatlons2étallons1étalnos2étalonns1étalonss1étalosn2
Edit distance from "étalons"

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

Zacharie11 variantsapaisant11 variantsapplaudis11 variantsassistait11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list