épandre
\e.pɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“épandre” is uncommon French (frequency #75,368 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,368
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répandre en dispersant, en étalant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epandre · épandre · French
épandre · rank #75,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,368
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épagneul
Nearest frequency peer: épagneul (-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 « épandre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- électrifié
électrifié
24,636 corpus weight
- électromagn…
électromagnétisme
24,635 corpus weight
- épagneul
épagneul
24,634 corpus weight
- épandre
épandre
24,633 corpus weight
- épidémiques
épidémiques
24,632 corpus weight
- épisodiques
épisodiques
24,631 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épandre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épandre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.pɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épandre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épandre is uncommon French at frequency #75,368 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.pɑ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Répandre en dispersant, en étalant.".
épandre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is épandre, spelled É-P-A-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Répandre en dispersant, en étalant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épandre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce fleuve épand ses eaux dans la campagne.
Les eaux s’épandirent sur les deux rives du fleuve.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).