étonnantes

\e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\

/\e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“étonnantes” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,533. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,533
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de étonnant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etonnantes · étonnantes · French

étonnantes · rank #25,533 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,533
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étiquetage

Nearest frequency peer: étiquetage (-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 « étonnantes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étonnantes » 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).

étonnantes vs étonnants
90% similar
étonnantes vs étonnant
80% similar
étonnantes vs étonnante
90% similar

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

Key facts for étonnantes
PropertyValue
Headwordétonnantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,533
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étonnantes »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « étiquetage » (#25,532), « évoquait » (#25,534), « étanchéité » (#25,531). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étonnantes » est au #25,533. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around étonnantes (IPA \e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,533 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de étonnant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for étonnantes, with forms such as "etonnantes", "téonnantes", and "éotnnantes". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "étonnants", "étonnant", "étonnante", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is étonnantes, spelled É-T-O-N-N-A-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de étonnant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je vis d’étonnantes amulettes de Nouvelle-Guinée, d’élégants tissus peints des îles Samoa, de jolis éventails des îles Wallis, de remarquables vases de bois des îles Salomon, etc.
  2. Benoît Ganem, représentant du collectif et ses 2 600 adhérents, s’étonne de son côté de voir des dossiers « refusés et renvoyés, avec des motifs et des situations parfois étonnantes. »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etonnantes
  • téonnantes
  • éotnnantes
  • étnonantes
  • étonanntes
  • étonantes
  • étonnanets
  • étonnanntes
  • étonnantess
  • étonnantse
  • étonnanttes
  • étonnatnes
  • étonnnates
  • éttonnantes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etonnantes1téonnantes2éotnnantes2étnonantes2étonanntes2étonantes1étonnanets2étonnanntes1
Edit distance from "étonnantes"

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 "étonnantes"?
"étonnantes" is spelled É-T-O-N-N-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\.
What does "étonnantes" mean?
As an adjective, "étonnantes" means: Féminin pluriel de étonnant.
What words are commonly confused with "étonnantes"?
"étonnantes" is commonly confused with "étonnants", "étonnant", "étonnante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étonnantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étonnantes" is \e.tɔ.nɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étonnantes" come from?
"étonnantes" 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 "étonnantes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étiquetage#25,532étanchéité#25,531affligeant#25,540vacanciers#25,522

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

élégantes14 variantssupportant14 variantssangliers14 variantssaisonnière14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list