épargner

/\e.paʁ.ɲe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,620

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

épargner is aFrenchverb. It means: Ménager quelque chose, ne l’employer qu’avec réserve. Pronounced \e.paʁ.ɲe\. Often confused with épargnes and épargnez.

Key facts for épargner
PropertyValue
Headwordépargner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.paʁ.ɲe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,620
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for épargner is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.paʁ.ɲe\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,620 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for épargner, with forms such as "epargner", "péargner", and "éaprgner". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "épargnes", "épargnez", "épargne", 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 épargner, spelled É-P-A-R-G-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ménager quelque chose, ne l’employer qu’avec réserve.
  2. 2
    Dispenser ou préserver quelqu’un d’une chose, ne pas la lui laisser éprouver, ne pas la lui faire subir.
  3. 3
    Laisser la vie sauve.
  4. 4
    Ne pas porter atteinte.
  5. 5
    Traiter avec ménagement.
  6. 6
    Ne pas traiter quelqu’un aussi mal qu’on serait en droit de le faire.
  7. 7
    Employer le blanc du papier ou de l’ivoire pour produire, sans crayon ni peinture, les parties lumineuses.
  8. 8
    Mettre de l’argent de côté.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epargner,péargner,éaprgner,épagrner,épargenr,éparggner,épargnerr,épargnner,épargnre,éparnger,éparrgner,éppargner,épragner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for épargner

Misspelling Variants of "épargner"

epargner8péargner8éaprgner8épagrner8épargenr8éparggner9épargnerr9épargnner9
Misspelling Variants of "épargner"

Frequency rank: #10,620 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "épargner"?
"épargner" is spelled É-P-A-R-G-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.paʁ.ɲe\.
What does "épargner" mean?
As a verb, "épargner" means: Ménager quelque chose, ne l’employer qu’avec réserve.
What words are commonly confused with "épargner"?
"épargner" is commonly confused with "épargnes", "épargnez", "épargne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "épargner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épargner" is \e.paʁ.ɲe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épargner" come from?
"épargner" 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.