éparpillent

\e.paʁ.pij\

/\e.paʁ.pij\/ verb

The verdict

“éparpillent” is uncommon French (frequency #88,258 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,258
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éparpiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eparpillent · éparpillent · French

éparpillent · rank #88,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,258
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éon

Nearest frequency peer: éon (-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 « éparpillent »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for éparpillent
PropertyValue
Headwordéparpillent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.paʁ.pij\
Letters11
Frequency rank#88,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « éparpillent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.éparpillenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « éon » (#88,257), « éperdu » (#88,259), « éliminait » (#88,256). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « éparpillent » est au #88,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

éparpillent is uncommon French at frequency #88,258 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.paʁ.pij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for éparpillent, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éparpillent, spelled É-P-A-R-P-I-L-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éparpiller.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de éparpiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais quand ils ne veulent plus s’agréger à la meute mais s’éparpillent, il faut les reprendre, jusqu’à ce qu'ils s’accoutument, en courant sur le lièvre, à le trouver, car s’ils le cherchent toujours dans le désordre ils finissent par prendre l’habitude de se désameuter, détestable leçon !

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 "éparpillent"?
"éparpillent" is spelled É-P-A-R-P-I-L-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.paʁ.pij\.
What does "éparpillent" mean?
As a verb, "éparpillent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éparpiller.
How do you pronounce "éparpillent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éparpillent" is \e.paʁ.pij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éparpillent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éparpillent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list