étoffe

\e.tɔf\

/\e.tɔf\/ noun

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The verdict

“étoffe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,630. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,630
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tissu de soie, de laine, de coton, etc., dont on fait des habits, dont on recouvre des meubles, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etoffe · étoffe · French

étoffe · rank #18,630 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,630
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH équivoque

Nearest frequency peer: équivoque (-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 « étoffe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étoffe » 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).

étoffe vs étoile
67% similar
étoffe vs étonne
67% similar
étoffe vs étouffe
86% similar

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

Key facts for étoffe
PropertyValue
Headwordétoffe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.tɔf\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,630
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étoffe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).étoffese 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 « équivoque » (#18,629), « évoluant » (#18,631), « épées » (#18,628). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étoffe » est au #18,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around étoffe (IPA \e.tɔf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,630 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for étoffe, with forms such as "etoffe", "téoffe", and "éotffe". 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, "étoile", "étonne", "étouffe", 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 étoffe, spelled É-T-O-F-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tissu de soie, de laine, de coton, etc., dont on fait des habits, dont on recouvre des meubles, etc.
  2. 2
    Qualité, nature intrinsèque d'une personne ou d’une chose.
  3. 3
    Potentiel de capacités.
  4. 4
    Ce que l’imprimeur faisait payer, à raison de tant pour cent, au-delà des frais d’impression, afin de se couvrir des dépenses qui entrent dans ses frais généraux.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des matériaux utilisés pour la construction d'un navire.
  6. 6
    Union de plusieurs feuilles d'acier superposées et forgées ensemble, en vue de la fabrication par les taillandiers d'instruments tranchants.
  7. 7
    Nom donné à l'or ou l'argent qui peuvent entrer dans la fabrication de certains rubans.
  8. 8
    Solution d’alun dans laquelle on trempe les peaux à tanner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les femmes portent une jupe en vadmel, ou grossière étoffe de laine noire, et un corsage de même étoffe, ouvert au milieu pour laisser voir une chemise brodée.
  2. Quatorze colonnes de bois, hautes de vingt-trois pieds, tendaient au-dessus de la salle un ciel d'étoffe écarlate.

This word in other languages

material(English)tela(Español)Stoff(Deutsch)estofo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etoffe
  • téoffe
  • éotffe
  • étfofe
  • étofe
  • étofef
  • éttoffe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etoffe1téoffe2éotffe2étfofe2étofe1étofef2éttoffe1
Edit distance from "étoffe"

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 "étoffe"?
"étoffe" is spelled É-T-O-F-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tɔf\.
What does "étoffe" mean?
As a noun, "étoffe" means: Tissu de soie, de laine, de coton, etc., dont on fait des habits, dont on recouvre des meubles, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "étoffe"?
"étoffe" is commonly confused with "étoile", "étonne", "étouffe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étoffe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étoffe" is \e.tɔf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étoffe" come from?
"étoffe" 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 "étoffe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

éditer#18,626viseur#18,621verger#18,619tracts#18,610

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

épées7 variantsvêtue7 variantstopic7 variantssound7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list