éteint

\e.tɛ̃\

/\e.tɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“éteint” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,153
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne se consume plus, en parlant d’un feu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eteint · éteint · French

éteint · rank #6,153 · 9 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,153
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étiez

Nearest frequency peer: étiez (+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 « éteint »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éteint » 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).

éteint vs étend
67% similar
éteint vs event
50% similar
éteint vs éteinte
86% similar

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

Key facts for éteint
PropertyValue
Headwordéteint
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,153
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éteint »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « étiez » (#6,154), « évolue » (#6,155), « vocabulaire » (#6,150). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éteint » est au #6,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around éteint (IPA \e.tɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,153 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for éteint, with forms such as "eteint", "téeint", and "éetint". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "étend", "event", "éteinte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 éteint, spelled É-T-E-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne se consume plus, en parlant d’un feu.
  2. 2
    En situation de non-fonctionnement, en parlant d’un appareil mécanique ou électrique (en particulier une lampe).
  3. 3
    Très fatigué.
  4. 4
    Qui est mort, qui a disparu, totalement et irrémédiablement.
  5. 5
    Qui n'a plus d'activité éruptive.
  6. 6
    Qui est mauvais, nul.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un feu éteint.
  2. L’ordinateur est éteint, mais il est toujours sous tension.

Antonyms

allumévivant

This word in other languages

extinct(English)ausgestorben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eteint
  • téeint
  • éetint
  • éteinnt
  • éteintt
  • éteitn
  • étenit
  • étient
  • étteint

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eteint1téeint2éetint2éteinnt1éteintt1éteitn2étenit2étient2
Edit distance from "éteint"

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 "éteint"?
"éteint" is spelled É-T-E-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tɛ̃\.
What does "éteint" mean?
As an adjective, "éteint" means: Qui ne se consume plus, en parlant d’un feu.
What words are commonly confused with "éteint"?
"éteint" is commonly confused with "étend", "event", "éteinte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éteint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éteint" is \e.tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éteint" come from?
"éteint" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

évolue#6,155urgent#6,144anneau#6,164couler#6,178

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

saurait9 variantscomique9 variantscompare9 variantsplages9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list