étourdi

\e.tuʁ.di\

/\e.tuʁ.di\/ adj

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The verdict

“étourdi” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,096
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui agit sans réflexion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etourdi · étourdi · French

étourdi · rank #40,096 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,096
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étouffement

Nearest frequency peer: étouffement (-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 « étourdi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étourdi » 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
Key facts for étourdi
PropertyValue
Headwordétourdi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tuʁ.di\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,096
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étourdi »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étourdise 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 « étouffement » (#40,095), « 4L » (#40,097), « étiqueté » (#40,094). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étourdi » est au #40,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around étourdi (IPA \e.tuʁ.di\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,096 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for étourdi, with forms such as "etourdi", "téourdi", and "éoturdi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is étourdi, spelled É-T-O-U-R-D-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui agit sans réflexion.
  2. 2
    Qui a la tête qui tourne, qui a le vertige.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Madame Duménil n’était pas d’un caractère à la dédommager de sa première amie : légère, étourdie, folle même, elle riait de tout, ne s’intéressait à rien ; […].

This word in other languages

rash(English)descuidado(Español)unüberlegt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etourdi
  • téourdi
  • éoturdi
  • étorudi
  • étoudri
  • étourddi
  • étourid
  • étourrdi
  • éttourdi
  • étuordi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etourdi1téourdi2éoturdi2étorudi2étoudri2étourddi1étourid2étourrdi1
Edit distance from "étourdi"

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 "étourdi"?
"étourdi" is spelled É-T-O-U-R-D-I. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tuʁ.di\.
What does "étourdi" mean?
As an adjective, "étourdi" means: Qui agit sans réflexion.
What are common misspellings of "étourdi"?
Common misspellings include "etourdi", "téourdi", "éoturdi", "étorudi", "étoudri". The correct spelling is "étourdi".
How do you pronounce "étourdi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étourdi" is \e.tuʁ.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étourdi" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list