épatante
\e.pa.tɑ̃t\
The verdict
“épatante” is uncommon French (frequency #69,546 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,546
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de épatant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epatante · épatante · French
épatante · rank #69,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,546
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éméché
Nearest frequency peer: éméché (-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 « épatante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- élogieuse
élogieuse
30,459 corpus weight
- élytres
élytres
30,457 corpus weight
- éméché
éméché
30,456 corpus weight
- épatante
épatante
30,455 corpus weight
- épistolaires
épistolaires
30,454 corpus weight
- équilibriste
équilibriste
30,453 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épatante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épatante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.pa.tɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épatante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épatante is uncommon French at frequency #69,546 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.pa.tɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de épatant.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for épatante in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is épatante, spelled É-P-A-T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de épatant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how épatante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Joanna Kulig, révélée dans Cold War et toujours épatante, se montre un excellent atout pour l’évadé.
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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