étincelle
\e.tɛ̃.sɛl\
The verdict
“étincelle” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,602
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parcelle incandescente d’un feu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etincelle · étincelle · French
étincelle · rank #17,602 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,602
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH étendent
Nearest frequency peer: étendent (-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 « étincelle »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- éloges
éloges
82,402 corpus weight
- épousa
épousa
82,401 corpus weight
- étendent
étendent
82,400 corpus weight
- étincelle
étincelle
82,399 corpus weight
- étonnée
étonnée
82,398 corpus weight
- ôter
ôter
82,396 corpus weight
What this shows « étincelle » 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 | étincelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.tɛ̃.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #17,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étincelle »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around étincelle (IPA \e.tɛ̃.sɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,602 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for étincelle, with forms such as "etincelle", "téincelle", and "éitncelle". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "étincelles", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étincelle, spelled É-T-I-N-C-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Parcelle incandescente d’un feu.
- 2Trait de feu qui jaillit des corps électrisés.
- 3Ce qui donne de l’esprit, de l’âme, à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how étincelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une fumée épaisse chargée d’étincelles passait déjà sur le camp des Mexicains, vingt minutes encore et tout était dit pour eux.
Une foule de petites lumières qui clignotaient, allaient, venaient, s’agitaient à toutes les fenêtres, et ressemblaient, sur le fond sombre du bâtiment, aux étincelles courant dans des cendres de papier brûlé…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etincelle
- téincelle
- éitncelle
- éticnelle
- étinccelle
- étincele
- étincelel
- étinclele
- étineclle
- étinncelle
- étnicelle
- éttincelle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étincelle - 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.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).