étouffement

\e.tuf.mɑ̃\

/\e.tuf.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“étouffement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,095
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Difficulté de respirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etouffement · étouffement · French

étouffement · rank #40,095 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,095
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étiqueté

Nearest frequency peer: étiqueté (-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 « étouffement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étouffement » 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).

étouffement vs étouffent
82% similar

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

Key facts for étouffement
PropertyValue
Headwordétouffement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.tuf.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#40,095
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étouffement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).étouffementse 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 « étiqueté » (#40,094), « étourdi » (#40,096), « étamines » (#40,093). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étouffement » est au #40,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around étouffement (IPA \e.tuf.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,095 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for étouffement, with forms such as "etouffement", "téouffement", and "éotuffement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "étouffent", 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 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 étouffement, spelled É-T-O-U-F-F-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Difficulté de respirer.
  2. 2
    Dispositif destiné à faire cesser la vibration des cordes d'un piano.
  3. 3
    Dans diverses industries utilisant un four, chauffe à mi-température précédant le défournement.
  4. 4
    Action d’étouffer, de tuer, les cocons de vers à soie, on dit aussi étouffage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce malade a des crises d’étouffement.
  2. « Comment se trouve-t-il ce soir, Clémence ? – Pas très bien. Il a ses étouffements. Il réclamait un peu de limonade. Je lui en ai donné ; il en restait encore un verre dans le siphon. »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etouffement
  • téouffement
  • éotuffement
  • étofufement
  • étoufefment
  • étoufement
  • étouffeemnt
  • étouffemennt
  • étouffementt
  • étouffemetn
  • étouffemment
  • étouffemnet
  • étouffmeent
  • éttouffement
  • étuoffement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etouffement1téouffement2éotuffement2étofufement2étoufefment2étoufement1étouffeemnt2étouffemennt1
Edit distance from "étouffement"

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 "étouffement"?
"étouffement" is spelled É-T-O-U-F-F-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tuf.mɑ̃\.
What does "étouffement" mean?
As a noun, "étouffement" means: Difficulté de respirer.
What words are commonly confused with "étouffement"?
"étouffement" is commonly confused with "étouffent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étouffement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étouffement" is \e.tuf.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étouffement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list