éparpiller
\e.paʁ.pi.je\
The verdict
“éparpiller” is uncommon French (frequency #53,713 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,713
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disperser, disséminer çà et là, en parlant des choses légères, minces.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eparpiller · éparpiller · French
éparpiller · rank #53,713 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,713
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH émotifs
Nearest frequency peer: émotifs (-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 « éparpiller »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- élitisme
élitisme
46,291 corpus weight
- émettait
émettait
46,290 corpus weight
- émotifs
émotifs
46,289 corpus weight
- éparpiller
éparpiller
46,288 corpus weight
- épurées
épurées
46,287 corpus weight
- équipant
équipant
46,286 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éparpiller » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éparpiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.paʁ.pi.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éparpiller » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éparpiller is uncommon French at frequency #53,713 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.paʁ.pi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for éparpiller in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 éparpiller, spelled É-P-A-R-P-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Disperser, disséminer çà et là, en parlant des choses légères, minces.
- 2Se disperser sur trop d’objets différents ; affaiblir en dispersant, en parlant des actions, des forces, des pensées, de son esprit, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éparpiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Puis la flamme se modéra, elle s’éparpilla autour du gâteau national en petites langues bleuâtres et s’évanouit.
Je le pris sur mes genoux dans le canot et je l’empêchai de voir sauter son père avec le pauvre Orient, qui s’éparpilla en l’air comme une gerbe de feu.
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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