étroit

\e.tʁwa\

/\e.tʁwa\/ adj

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The verdict

“étroit” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,421
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De petite largeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etroit · étroit · French

étroit · rank #9,421 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,421
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éclairer

Nearest frequency peer: éclairer (-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 « étroit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étroit » 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).

étroit vs extrait
57% similar
étroit vs étroite
86% similar
étroit vs étroits
86% similar

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

Key facts for étroit
PropertyValue
Headwordétroit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tʁwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,421
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étroit »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étroitse 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 « éclairer » (#9,420), « échéance » (#9,419), « acheteurs » (#9,423). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étroit » est au #9,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around étroit (IPA \e.tʁwa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,421 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for étroit, with forms such as "etroit", "téroit", and "értoit". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "extrait", "étroite", "étroits", and more, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is étroit, spelled É-T-R-O-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    De petite largeur.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une personne dont les vues, les idées ont peu d’étendue et qui se montre intolérante à l’égard de ce qu’elle ne comprend pas.
  3. 3
    Restreint, en parlant d'une communauté.
  4. 4
    Intime.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une situation où l’aisance fait défaut, où les privations sont nécessaires.
  6. 6
    Qui est selon la rigueur de la loi, de l’ordre, ou qui n’est pas susceptible d’extension.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un vestibule étroit séparait la cuisine de la salle où Mme Aubain se tenait tout le long du jour, assise près de la croisée dans un fauteuil de paille.
  2. Le palier est long et étroit, le mur est tendu d’une imitation de tapisserie à ramages vert sombre où brille le cuivre d’une applique à gaz.

Antonyms

large

This word in other languages

narrow(English)estrecho(Español)eng(Deutsch)estreito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etroit
  • téroit
  • értoit
  • étorit
  • étriot
  • étroitt
  • étroti
  • étrroit
  • éttroit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etroit1téroit2értoit2étorit2étriot2étroitt1étroti2étrroit1
Edit distance from "étroit"

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 "étroit"?
"étroit" is spelled É-T-R-O-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tʁwa\.
What does "étroit" mean?
As an adjective, "étroit" means: De petite largeur.
What words are commonly confused with "étroit"?
"étroit" is commonly confused with "extrait", "étroite", "étroits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étroit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étroit" is \e.tʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étroit" come from?
"étroit" 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 "étroit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

écarts#9,418Watson#9,416banane#9,433tweets#9,406

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

tirant9 variantsséduit9 variantsconsul9 variantscordon9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list