échappements

\e.ʃap.mɑ̃\

/\e.ʃap.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“échappements” is uncommon French (frequency #67,223 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,223
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de échappement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-echappements · échappements · French

échappements · rank #67,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,223
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH échangisme

Nearest frequency peer: échangisme (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « échappements »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « échappements » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for échappements
PropertyValue
Headwordéchappements
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ʃap.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#67,223
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « échappements » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).échappementstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « échangisme » (#67,222), « écrasera » (#67,224), « édulcorants » (#67,225). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « échappements » est au #67,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

échappements is uncommon French at frequency #67,223 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʃap.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de échappement.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for échappements, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is échappements, spelled É-C-H-A-P-P-E-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de échappement.

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 "échappements"?
"échappements" is spelled É-C-H-A-P-P-E-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ʃap.mɑ̃\.
What does "échappements" mean?
As a noun, "échappements" means: Pluriel de échappement.
How do you pronounce "échappements"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "échappements" is \e.ʃap.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "échappements" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list