épanouissant

\e.pa.nwi.sɑ̃\

/\e.pa.nwi.sɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“épanouissant” is uncommon French (frequency #64,895 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,895
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui épanouit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epanouissant · épanouissant · French

épanouissant · rank #64,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,895
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émoussé

Nearest frequency peer: émoussé (-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 « épanouissant »

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 « épanouissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for épanouissant
PropertyValue
Headwordépanouissant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.pa.nwi.sɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#64,895
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « épanouissant » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).épanouissanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « émoussé » (#64,894), « épinard » (#64,896), « élèveront » (#64,893). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « épanouissant » est au #64,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

épanouissant is uncommon French at frequency #64,895 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.pa.nwi.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui épanouit.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for épanouissant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is épanouissant, spelled É-P-A-N-O-U-I-S-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui épanouit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Notre société obnubilée par les "travaux intellectuels", socialement valorisés mais peu épanouissants, oublie souvent la satisfaction que l’on retire d’un travail technique.
  2. Pour le sociologue, aucune réforme incluant des durées de cotisation ne sera acceptable "sans une modification des rythmes, des conditions de travail et des méthodes de management", pour que l'activité professionnelle devienne épanouissante.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "épanouissant"?
"épanouissant" is spelled É-P-A-N-O-U-I-S-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pa.nwi.sɑ̃\.
What does "épanouissant" mean?
As an adjective, "épanouissant" means: Qui épanouit.
How do you pronounce "épanouissant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épanouissant" is \e.pa.nwi.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épanouissant", 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