étroites

\e.tʁwat\

/\e.tʁwat\/ adj

The verdict

“étroites” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,586
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-etroites · étroites · French

étroites · rank #14,586 · 12 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,586
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étonnerait

Nearest frequency peer: étonnerait (-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 « étroites »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étroites » 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).

étroites vs étroits
88% similar
étroites vs extraites
67% similar
étroites vs étroitesse
80% similar

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

Key facts for étroites
PropertyValue
Headwordétroites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tʁwat\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,586
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étroites »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étroitesse 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 « étonnerait » (#14,585), « évoquée » (#14,587), « étaler » (#14,584). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étroites » est au #14,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around étroites (IPA \e.tʁwat\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,586 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de étroit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for étroites, with forms such as "etroites", "téroites", and "értoites". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "étroits", "extraites", "étroitesse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists 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 étroites, spelled É-T-R-O-I-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de étroit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Modelée comme un tanagra, statuette de chair aux petits seins pointus, hanches étroites et jambes fines, vive et souple, Lizzie inspirait un chaud désir, tempéré de tendres égards.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etroites
  • téroites
  • értoites
  • étorites
  • étriotes
  • étroiets
  • étroitess
  • étroitse
  • étroittes
  • étroties
  • étrroites
  • éttroites

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étroites - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etroites1téroites2értoites2étorites2étriotes2étroiets2étroitess1étroitse2
Edit distance from "étroites"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list