excentricité
\ɛk.sɑ̃t.ʁi.si.te\
The verdict
“excentricité” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #40,756 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,756
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Position d’un centre qui s’écarte d’un point donné.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excentricité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.sɑ̃t.ʁi.si.te\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #40,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “excentricité” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for excentricité is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛk.sɑ̃t.ʁi.si.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,756 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for excentricité, with forms such as "ecxentricité", "exccentricité", and "excenntricité". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 excentricité, spelled E-X-C-E-N-T-R-I-C-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Position d’un centre qui s’écarte d’un point donné.
- 2Caractéristique des coniques, indiquant la forme de la courbe.
- 3Éloignement du centre.
- 4État de celui, celle, ce qui est excentrique.
- 5Agissement ou comportement de ceux qui sont excentriques.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecxentricité,exccentricité,excenntricité,excenrticité,excentircité,excentrciité,excentriccité,excentricite,excentricitté,excentriciét,excentrictié,excentriicté,excentrricité,excenttricité,excetnricité,excnetricité,execntricité,exxcentricité,xecentricité
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excentricité - 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 “excentricité”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-X-C-E-N-T-R-I-C-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛk.sɑ̃t.ʁi.si.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.