étals

\e.tal\

/\e.tal\/ noun

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The verdict

“étals” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,827
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-etals · étals · French

étals · rank #34,827 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,827
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH ésotérique

Nearest frequency peer: ésotérique (-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 « étals »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étals » 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).

étals vs ets
40% similar
étals vs état
60% similar
étals vs êtes
40% similar

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

Key facts for étals
PropertyValue
Headwordétals
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.tal\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,827
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étals »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).étalsse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ésotérique » (#34,826), « éthiopiens » (#34,828), « épistémologie » (#34,825). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étals » est au #34,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around étals (IPA \e.tal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,827 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de étal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for étals, with forms such as "etals", "téals", and "éatls". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ets", "état", "êtes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is étals, spelled É-T-A-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de étal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Difficile de ne pas trouver son bonheur sur l’un des nombreux stands des commerçants non sédentaires ou les étals des commerces saint-politains installés dans le centre-ville depuis vendredi matin : vêtements et accessoires pour les férus de mode, jeux et ballons colorés pour les enfants, ustensiles de ménage « miracles » pour les fées du logis, objets ar…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etals
  • téals
  • éatls
  • étalls
  • étalss
  • étasl
  • étlas
  • éttals

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etals1téals2éatls2étalls1étalss1étasl2étlas2éttals1
Edit distance from "étals"

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 "étals"?
"étals" is spelled É-T-A-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tal\.
What does "étals" mean?
As a noun, "étals" means: Pluriel de étal.
What words are commonly confused with "étals"?
"étals" is commonly confused with "ets", "état", "êtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étals"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étals" is \e.tal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étals" come from?
"étals" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

œdème#34,835écrou#34,814weird#34,809wahou#34,808

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Alaric8 variantsamorti8 variantsancrer8 variantssupply8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list