étroits

\e.tʁwa\

/\e.tʁwa\/ adj

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The verdict

“étroits” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,283
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-etroits · étroits · French

étroits · rank #16,283 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,283
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH épouvantable

Nearest frequency peer: épouvantable (-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 « étroits »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « étroits » 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).

étroits vs extraits
63% similar
étroits vs écrits
71% similar
étroits vs étroit
86% similar

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

Key facts for étroits
PropertyValue
Headwordétroits
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tʁwa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,283
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étroits »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étroitsse 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 « épouvantable » (#16,282), « évidentes » (#16,284), « éloignement » (#16,281). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étroits » est au #16,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around étroits (IPA \e.tʁwa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,283 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de étroit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for étroits, with forms such as "etroits", "téroits", and "értoits". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "extraits", "écrits", "étroit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is étroits, spelled É-T-R-O-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de étroit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Entre des maisons grises, des resserres, des magasins d’outillage, des bars, des trottoirs étroits, la rue de Lappe ouvrait sa médiocre perspective.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etroits
  • téroits
  • értoits
  • étorits
  • étriots
  • étroist
  • étroitss
  • étroitts
  • étrotis
  • étrroits
  • éttroits

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etroits1téroits2értoits2étorits2étriots2étroist2étroitss1étroitts1
Edit distance from "étroits"

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 "étroits"?
"étroits" is spelled É-T-R-O-I-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tʁwa\.
What does "étroits" mean?
As an adjective, "étroits" means: Masculin pluriel de étroit.
What words are commonly confused with "étroits"?
"étroits" is commonly confused with "extraits", "écrits", "étroit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étroits"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étroits" is \e.tʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étroits" come from?
"étroits" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "étroits", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list