êtes

\ɛt\

/\ɛt\/ verb

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The verdict

“êtes” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#362
frequency rank, French
4
letters
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de être.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etes · êtes · French

êtes · rank #362 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #362
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ê" thin
  • PHOTO-FINISH vue

Nearest frequency peer: vue (-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 « êtes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « êtes » 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).

êtes vs eve
25% similar
êtes vs eue
25% similar
êtes vs eus
25% similar

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

Key facts for êtes
PropertyValue
Headwordêtes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#362
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « êtes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).êtesse 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 « vue » (#361), « an » (#363), « tour » (#360). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around êtes (IPA \ɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #362. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de être.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for êtes, with forms such as "etes", "têes", and "êets". 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, "eve", "eue", "eus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is êtes, spelled Ê-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de être.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et maintenant, si c’est que vous êtes amateur de suspense, le mieux est que je me reporte au propre récit de la gamine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etes
  • têes
  • êets
  • êtess
  • êtse
  • êttes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etes1têes2êets2êtess1êtse2êttes1
Edit distance from "êtes"

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 "êtes"?
"êtes" is spelled Ê-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛt\.
What does "êtes" mean?
As a verb, "êtes" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de être.
What words are commonly confused with "êtes"?
"êtes" is commonly confused with "eve", "eue", "eus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "êtes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "êtes" is \ɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "êtes" come from?
"êtes" 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 "êtes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aura#364tour#360film#366vont#357

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

heure6 variantschef6 variantsfort6 variantstard6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list