épais

\e.pɛ\

/\e.pɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“épais” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,019. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,019
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une certaine mesure dans la dimension transversale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epais · épais · French

épais · rank #7,019 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,019
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Écosse

Nearest frequency peer: Écosse (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « épais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

épais vs EPS
0% similar
épais vs épi
60% similar
épais vs epic
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for épais
PropertyValue
Headwordépais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.pɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,019
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.épaisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Écosse » (#7,018), « éteindre » (#7,020), « évacuation » (#7,021). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « épais » est au #7,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around épais (IPA \e.pɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,019 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for épais, with forms such as "epais", "péais", and "éapis". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "EPS", "épi", "epic", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is épais, spelled É-P-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une certaine mesure dans la dimension transversale.
  2. 2
    Fort, solide.
  3. 3
    Nombreux, serré, touffu.
  4. 4
    Qui a une grande consistance ou une grande densité.
  5. 5
    Lourd ; grossier ; lent à comprendre.
  6. 6
    Imbécile. → voir épais dans le plus mince
  7. 7
    Se dit de toutes les parties dont l’épaisseur, comparée à celles d’organes analogues, est plus grande que ne semblerait le comporter leur étendue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La seconde édition des recherches de M. Parent est en trois volumes in-12 fort épais.
  2. Les pailles, dont les couches épaisses recouvraient entièrement le sol de la cour, se doraient peu à peu d’un jaune pâle sous la lueur grandissante du crépuscule.

This word in other languages

thick(English)espeso(Español)dick(Deutsch)encorpado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epais
  • péais
  • éapis
  • épaiss
  • épasi
  • épias
  • éppais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epais1péais2éapis2épaiss1épasi2épias2éppais1
Edit distance from "épais"

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 "épais"?
"épais" is spelled É-P-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pɛ\.
What does "épais" mean?
As an adjective, "épais" means: Qui a une certaine mesure dans la dimension transversale.
What words are commonly confused with "épais"?
"épais" is commonly confused with "EPS", "épi", "epic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "épais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épais" is \e.pɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épais" come from?
"épais" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

admet#7,023autel#7,030siens#6,999coque#7,042

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Écosse7 variantsrires7 variantspower7 variantsencre7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list