Espadrille
[ɛspaˈdʁiːj]
The verdict
“Espadrille” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - flacher Stoffschuh mit einer aus Pflanzenfasern geflochtenen Sohle
Corpus desk
Index DE-espadrille · Espadrille · German
Espadrille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Espadrille |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛspaˈdʁiːj] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Espadrille“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Espadrille is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛspaˈdʁiːj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "flacher Stoffschuh mit einer aus Pflanzenfasern geflochtenen Sohle".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Espadrille, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Espadrille, spelled E-S-P-A-D-R-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1flacher Stoffschuh mit einer aus Pflanzenfasern geflochtenen Sohle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Espadrille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Selbst Gucci, jene Marke, die noch aus jedem Mann einen Gigolo machte und bei der kein Hemd zu weit aufgeknöpft sein konnte, gibt sich im Sommer 2006 betont zurückhaltend. Patent gestrickte Pullover in Beige, weiße Hosen zu Espandrilles oder klassisch geschnittene Anzüge – die Kollektion verströmte soviel Sex-Appeal wie ein ‚Tagesschau‘-Sprecher.“
„Sie lachten beide, und nach einer Katzenwäsche war Stefan rasch angezogen, Shorts und weißes T-Shirt und Espadrilles an den Füßen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.