épanoui

\e.pa.nwi\

/\e.pa.nwi\/ adj

The verdict

“épanoui” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,344
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a un désir assouvi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epanoui · épanoui · French

épanoui · rank #35,344 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,344
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émeutiers

Nearest frequency peer: émeutiers (-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 « épanoui »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « épanoui » 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).

épanoui vs évanoui
86% similar
épanoui vs épanouir
88% similar
épanoui vs évanouir
75% similar

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

Key facts for épanoui
PropertyValue
Headwordépanoui
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.pa.nwi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,344
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épanoui »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).épanouise 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 « émeutiers » (#35,343), « épicentre » (#35,345), « édifiée » (#35,342). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « épanoui » est au #35,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around épanoui (IPA \e.pa.nwi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,344 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for épanoui, with forms such as "epanoui", "péanoui", and "éapnoui". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "évanoui", "épanouir", "évanouir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is épanoui, spelled É-P-A-N-O-U-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a un désir assouvi.
  2. 2
    Qui est développé avec harmonie.
  3. 3
    Se dit de fleur représentée avec tous les pétales quand les autres sont au stade du bouton.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Puis, il se renversa sur sa chaise, épanoui, les prunelles chargées de jubilation, le ventre ballotté de remous.
  2. Sa chair épanouie, luxuriante, lui renvoyait une image maternelle, et cela bien que sa propre mère n'eût que la peau sur les os.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epanoui
  • péanoui
  • éapnoui
  • épannoui
  • épanoiu
  • épanuoi
  • épaonui
  • épnaoui
  • éppanoui

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épanoui - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epanoui1péanoui2éapnoui2épannoui1épanoiu2épanuoi2épaonui2épnaoui2
Edit distance from "épanoui"

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 "épanoui"?
"épanoui" is spelled É-P-A-N-O-U-I. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pa.nwi\.
What does "épanoui" mean?
As an adjective, "épanoui" means: Qui a un désir assouvi.
What words are commonly confused with "épanoui"?
"épanoui" is commonly confused with "évanoui", "épanouir", "évanouir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "épanoui"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épanoui" is \e.pa.nwi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épanoui" come from?
"épanoui" 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 "épanoui", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list