éparpillement
\e.paʁ.pij.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“éparpillement” is uncommon French (frequency #65,640 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,640
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’éparpiller ou état de ce qui est éparpillé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eparpillement · éparpillement · French
éparpillement · rank #65,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,640
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH émule
Nearest frequency peer: émule (-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 « éparpillement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- électrocard…
électrocardiogramme
34,364 corpus weight
- éliminez
éliminez
34,363 corpus weight
- émule
émule
34,362 corpus weight
- éparpilleme…
éparpillement
34,361 corpus weight
- épaulée
épaulée
34,360 corpus weight
- épistémolog…
épistémologiques
34,359 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éparpillement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éparpillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.paʁ.pij.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #65,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éparpillement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éparpillement is uncommon French at frequency #65,640 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.paʁ.pij.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’éparpiller ou état de ce qui est éparpillé.".
éparpillement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is éparpillement, spelled É-P-A-R-P-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’éparpiller ou état de ce qui est éparpillé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éparpillement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Défaut de cohésion, voilà quel était le point faible d'où dérivaient l'éparpillement des efforts, les tiraillements entre les bureaux, entre les hommes!
Les communes rurales y sont bien rarement groupées; elles sont au contraire disséminées, sur l'immense et fécond plateau, en un éparpillement de fermes; ….
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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