épaulement

\e.pol.mɑ̃\

/\e.pol.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“épaulement” is uncommon French (frequency #98,669 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,669
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mur qui retient une masse de terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epaulement · épaulement · French

épaulement · rank #98,669 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,669
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 40,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH émeuve

Nearest frequency peer: émeuve (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “épaulement”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “épaulement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for épaulement
PropertyValue
Headwordépaulement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.pol.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#98,669
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “épaulement” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). épaulement lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

épaulement is uncommon French at frequency #98,669 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pol.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for épaulement in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is épaulement, spelled É-P-A-U-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mur qui retient une masse de terre.
  2. 2
    Sorte de rempart fait de fascines et de terre, etc., qui sert principalement pour garantir du feu de l’ennemi une troupe ou une batterie.
  3. 3
    Partie d’un tenon où est pratiquée la mortaise ou la partie de bois plein qui se trouve entre deux mortaises.
  4. 4
    Marche servant de surface d’appui, en général pour assurer une mise en position.
  5. 5
    Résultat d’un soulèvement de terrain par contrecoup d’un mouvement de masse terrestre.
  6. 6
    Replat perpendiculaire à une vallée glaciaire qui a été modelé par le passage d’un glacier.
  7. 7
    Différence de hauteur entre le trait de chute et le cran de chute.
  8. 8
    Partie d'un vase qui joint le col à la panse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au bout du chemin, qui ne cesse de monter, on rencontre une grande fontaine monumentale qui forme épaulement, dédiée à l’empereur Charles-Quint, avec forces devises, blasons, victoires, aigles impériales, médaillons mythologiques, dans le goût romain allemand, d’une richesse lourde et puissante.
  2. À l’avant de la citadelle, face au rivage, les Vietnamiens avaient constitué cinq lignes de défense, lourdement armées, avec une alternance de tranchées et de pieux acérés. De ce côté-ci des remparts, il n’y avait plus que deux rangées d’épaulements, cent trente à cent cinquante fantassins, tout au plus, et deux canons pour défendre la ville. C’est ce qu’…

This word in other languages

abutment(English)contrafuerte(Español)Stoß(Deutsch)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "épaulement"?
"épaulement" is spelled É-P-A-U-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pol.mɑ̃\.
What does "épaulement" mean?
As a noun, "épaulement" means: Mur qui retient une masse de terre.
How do you pronounce "épaulement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épaulement" is \e.pol.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épaulement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étendirent#98,674échouaient#98,658accrochais#98,695acrostiche#98,696
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list