épargne

/\e.paʁɲ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,636

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

épargne is aFrenchnoun. It means: Économie dans la dépense. Pronounced \e.paʁɲ\. It ranks #4,636 in French word frequency. Often confused with Espagne and épargner.

Key facts for épargne
PropertyValue
Headwordépargne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.paʁɲ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,636
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of épargne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for épargne is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.paʁɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,636 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for épargne, with forms such as "epargne", "péargne", and "éaprgne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Espagne", "épargner", "épargnée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is épargne, spelled É-P-A-R-G-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Économie dans la dépense.
  2. 2
    Chose même qu’on a épargnée, économisée.
  3. 3
    Ménagement, en parlant du temps ou de toute autre chose qui nous est précieuse.
  4. 4
    Espace réservé en blanc.
  5. 5
    Vernis destiné à protéger certaines parties d’une pièce d’argenture ou de dorure d’un nouveau bain.
  6. 6
    Partie laissée volontairement sans vernis sur une céramique.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epargne,péargne,éaprgne,épagrne,épargen,éparggne,épargnne,éparnge,éparrgne,éppargne,épragne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for épargne

Misspelling Variants of "épargne"

epargne7péargne7éaprgne7épagrne7épargen7éparggne8épargnne8éparnge7
Misspelling Variants of "épargne"

Frequency rank: #4,636 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "épargne"?
"épargne" is spelled É-P-A-R-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.paʁɲ\.
What does "épargne" mean?
As a noun, "épargne" means: Économie dans la dépense.
What words are commonly confused with "épargne"?
"épargne" is commonly confused with "Espagne", "épargner", "épargnée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "épargne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épargne" is \e.paʁɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épargne" come from?
"épargne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.