éveiller

\e.ve.je\

/\e.ve.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“éveiller” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,103
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passer du sommeil à la veille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eveiller · éveiller · French

éveiller · rank #18,103 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,103
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étudiées

Nearest frequency peer: étudiées (-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 « éveiller »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « éveiller » 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).

éveiller vs éveillé
75% similar
éveiller vs éveillée
75% similar

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

Key facts for éveiller
PropertyValue
Headwordéveiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ve.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,103
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éveiller »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).éveillerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « étudiées » (#18,102), « étudient » (#18,101), « access » (#18,105). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éveiller » est au #18,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around éveiller (IPA \e.ve.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,103 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for éveiller, with forms such as "eveiller", "véeiller", and "éeviller". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "éveillé", "éveillée", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éveiller, spelled É-V-E-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Passer du sommeil à la veille.
  2. 2
    Passer du sommeil à la veille.
  3. 3
    Passer du sommeil à la veille.
  4. 4
    Déclencher (un sentiment chez quelqu’un).
  5. 5
    Déclencher (un sentiment chez quelqu’un).
  6. 6
    Déclencher (un sentiment chez quelqu’un).
  7. 7
    Sensibiliser (quelqu’un à quelque chose, à un sentiment).
  8. 8
    Sensibiliser (quelqu’un à quelque chose, à un sentiment).
  9. 9
    Sensibiliser (quelqu’un à quelque chose, à un sentiment).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le chant des coqs, l’aboiement des chiens, les appels des oiseaux l’éveillèrent.
  2. Il prêta l’oreille. Rien ne remuait dans la maison. Le bruit du gond rouillé n’avait éveillé personne.

Synonyms

réveiller

This word in other languages

wake(English)despertar(Español)aufwecken(Deutsch)despertar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eveiller
  • véeiller
  • éeviller
  • éveilelr
  • éveiler
  • éveillerr
  • éveillre
  • éveliler
  • évieller
  • évveiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eveiller1véeiller2éeviller2éveilelr2éveiler1éveillerr1éveillre2éveliler2
Edit distance from "éveiller"

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 "éveiller"?
"éveiller" is spelled É-V-E-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ve.je\.
What does "éveiller" mean?
As a verb, "éveiller" means: Passer du sommeil à la veille.
What words are commonly confused with "éveiller"?
"éveiller" is commonly confused with "éveillé", "éveillée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "éveiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éveiller" is \e.ve.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éveiller" come from?
"éveiller" 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 "éveiller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

étudiées#18,102étudient#18,101étatique#18,100attaches#18,122

Similar misspelling depth

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

égoïsme10 variantsvoudrez10 variantsancrage10 variantstabasser10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list