eucalyptus
\ø.ka.lip.tys\
The verdict
“eucalyptus” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,765
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbre de la famille des myrtacées originaire de Tasmanie en Australie, à croissance rapide, à feuilles bleutées généralement persistantes, ovales ou très allongées, et dont les fruits à maturité fo...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eucalyptus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ø.ka.lip.tys\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eucalyptus” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around eucalyptus (IPA \ø.ka.lip.tys\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,765 among 201,161 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Arbre de la famille des myrtacées originaire de Tasmanie en Australie, à croissance rapide, à feuilles bleutées généralement persistantes, ovales ou très allongées, et dont les fruits à maturité fo...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for eucalyptus, with forms such as "ecualyptus", "euaclyptus", and "eucallyptus". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 eucalyptus, spelled E-U-C-A-L-Y-P-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1Arbre de la famille des myrtacées originaire de Tasmanie en Australie, à croissance rapide, à feuilles bleutées généralement persistantes, ovales ou très allongées, et dont les fruits à maturité forment un cône sec et de couleur brune.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecualyptus,euaclyptus,eucallyptus,eucalpytus,eucalypptus,eucalyptsu,eucalypttus,eucalyptuss,eucalyputs,eucalytpus,eucalyyptus,eucaylptus,euccalyptus,euclayptus,uecalyptus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of eucalyptus - 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.
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.
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Using “eucalyptus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-U-C-A-L-Y-P-T-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ø.ka.lip.tys\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.