scélérat

Name: scélérat, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\se.le.ʁa\

/\se.le.ʁa\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“scélérat” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,444
frequency rank, French: 6,032
“S” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a commis ou qui est capable de commettre de grands crimes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-scelerat · scélérat · French

scélérat · rank #46,444 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #46,444
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,032
PHOTO-FINISH screenshot

Nearest frequency peer: screenshot (-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.

scindé

53,560
sciure

53,559
screenshot

53,558
scélérat

53,557
secouent

53,556
seigneurial

53,555

What this shows « scélérat » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for scélérat
Property	Value
Headword	scélérat
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\se.le.ʁa\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#46,444
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « scélérat »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).scélératse place ici:

#46,444

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « screenshot » (#46,443), « secouent » (#46,445), « sciure » (#46,442). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « scélérat » est au #46,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around scélérat (IPA \se.le.ʁa\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,444 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for scélérat, with forms such as "csélérat", "sccélérat", and "scelerat". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is scélérat, spelled S-C-É-L-É-R-A-T.

Definition

1
Qui a commis ou qui est capable de commettre de grands crimes.
2
Qui manifeste des intentions ou des sentiments criminels et perfides.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Mais s’il revient aujourd’hui sur les évènements qui ont ensanglanté ce dernier pays, c’est que cette guerre scélérate, pour reprendre l’expression de notre ancien ambassadeur au Salvador, Alain Rouquié, a été aussi un terrain d’expérimentation grandeur nature pour les États-Unis. Il s’agissait, sur fond de Guerre froide, de juguler la contagion marxiste…
Les lois scélérates sont une série de trois lois liberticides votées dans l’urgence afin de lutter contre les actions anarchistes qui menaçaient de déstabiliser des pans entiers du système.

Synonyms

criminel scéléré

This word in other languages

evil(English)malvado(Español)Schurke(Deutsch)celerado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

csélérat
sccélérat
scelerat
scléérat
scéllérat
scélréat
scéléart
scélératt
scélérrat
scélérta
scéélrat
sscélérat
séclérat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "scélérat"

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 "scélérat"?

"scélérat" is spelled S-C-É-L-É-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \se.le.ʁa\.

What does "scélérat" mean?

As an adjective, "scélérat" means: Qui a commis ou qui est capable de commettre de grands crimes.

What are common misspellings of "scélérat"?

Common misspellings include "csélérat", "sccélérat", "scelerat", "scléérat", "scéllérat". The correct spelling is "scélérat".

How do you pronounce "scélérat"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "scélérat" is \se.le.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "scélérat" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scélérat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

secouent#46,445 somalien#46,455 songeait#46,456 réduisez#46,424

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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