épaule

\e.pol\

/\e.pol\/ noun

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The verdict

“épaule” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,542
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie du corps qui attache au cou l’articulation du bras chez l’être humain et du membre antérieur chez les quadrupèdes ; articulation qui relie l'arrière-bras au tronc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epaule · épaule · French

épaule · rank #4,542 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,542
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éliminer

Nearest frequency peer: éliminer (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « épaule »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « épaule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

épaule vs épave
67% similar
épaule vs étale
67% similar
épaule vs épouse
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for épaule
PropertyValue
Headwordépaule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.pol\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,542
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épaule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).épaulese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « éliminer » (#4,541), « évoluer » (#4,543), « écologique » (#4,540). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « épaule » est au #4,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around épaule (IPA \e.pol\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,542 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for épaule, with forms such as "epaule", "péaule", and "éapule". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "épave", "étale", "épouse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is épaule, spelled É-P-A-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie du corps qui attache au cou l’articulation du bras chez l’être humain et du membre antérieur chez les quadrupèdes ; articulation qui relie l'arrière-bras au tronc.
  2. 2
    Carrure.
  3. 3
    Symbole de la force de caractère.
  4. 4
    Partie saillante que forme la réunion des pans nommés flanc et face d’un bastion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rien de gracieux comme ses mouvements d’épaules, lorsqu’elle attire le menton pour se cacher entièrement la figure, qui, par instants, se montre à la dérobée.
  2. Un long baiser rescella leur pacte. Aïssa, lourde de langueur, avait renversé sa tête sur l’épaule de son amant.

Synonyms

angle d’épaule

This word in other languages

shoulder(English)hombro(Español)Schulter(Deutsch)ombro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epaule
  • péaule
  • éapule
  • épalue
  • épauel
  • épaulle
  • éppaule
  • épuale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épaule - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

epaule1péaule2éapule2épalue2épauel2épaulle1éppaule1épuale2
Edit distance from "épaule"

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 "épaule"?
"épaule" is spelled É-P-A-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pol\.
What does "épaule" mean?
As a noun, "épaule" means: Partie du corps qui attache au cou l’articulation du bras chez l’être humain et du membre antérieur chez les quadrupèdes ; articulation qui relie l'arrière-bras au tronc.
What words are commonly confused with "épaule"?
"épaule" is commonly confused with "épave", "étale", "épouse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "épaule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épaule" is \e.pol\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épaule" come from?
"épaule" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

appuyer8 variantsrêver8 variantsdécor8 variantsMathieu8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list