esprit
/ɛsˈpɹiː/
"esprit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“esprit” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,131. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,131
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spirit, enthusiasm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-esprit · esprit · English
esprit · rank #36,131 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,131
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH ethnography
Nearest frequency peer: ethnography (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “esprit”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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63,874 corpus weight
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epigenetic
63,873 corpus weight
- esprit
esprit
63,870 corpus weight
- ethnography
ethnography
63,868 corpus weight
- eunuch
eunuch
63,867 corpus weight
- exclaim
exclaim
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What this shows “esprit” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esprit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛsˈpɹiː/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #36,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “esprit”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around esprit (IPA /ɛsˈpɹiː/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,131 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for esprit, with forms such as "epsrit", "espirt", and "espprit". 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French esprit (“spirit”). Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, sprite, and spright, possibly also spree. The correct English form is esprit, spelled E-S-P-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1Spirit, enthusiasm.
- 2A wit.
- 3Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.
Etymology
Borrowed from French esprit (“spirit”). Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, sprite, and spright, possibly also spree.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epsrit
- espirt
- espprit
- espritt
- esprrit
- esprti
- esrpit
- essprit
- seprit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of esprit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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