éditervseditorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: éditer is a verb, editor is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“éditer” is a verb and “editor” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,626
“éditer” frequency rank
#47,859
“editor” frequency rank
66485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature éditer editor
Definition Publier un ouvrage ou le mettre en vente ; s’emploie généralement au sujet d’un livre. Dans les pays anglo-saxons, personne responsable du choix et du contenu des publications d’une maison d’édition.

Letter map: éditer vs editor

Shared letters muted; letters that set éditer and editor apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
éditer
6 ch
editor

Role in the sentence - éditer and editor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: éditer is averb and editoranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

éditer is recorded at frequency rank #18,626, classified as averb, pronounced \e.di.te\. editor is at rank #47,859, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 66485, this pair ranks #67,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of éditer vs editor

Shared letters: deirt. Private to "éditer": é. Private to "editor": o.

"éditer" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "editor" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editordeitor · edditor · ediotr · editorr · editro · edittor · edtior · eidtor

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "éditer" and "editor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "éditer" is a verb and "editor" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "éditer" vs "editor" - which ranks higher?
"éditer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,626 in our French list, against #47,859 for "editor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "éditer" and "editor". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "éditer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "editor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "éditer" and "editor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edito vs editor". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #67,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list