épauler
\e.po.le\
The verdict
“épauler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,088. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,088
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blesser à l’épaule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epauler · épauler · French
épauler · rank #33,088 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,088
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH énoncées
Nearest frequency peer: énoncées (-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 « épauler »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- échauffer
échauffer
66,916 corpus weight
- écus
écus
66,915 corpus weight
- énoncées
énoncées
66,914 corpus weight
- épauler
épauler
66,913 corpus weight
- éperdument
éperdument
66,912 corpus weight
- établissait
établissait
66,911 corpus weight
What this shows « épauler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épauler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.po.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épauler »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around épauler (IPA \e.po.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,088 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for épauler, with forms such as "epauler", "péauler", and "éapuler". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Euler", "étaler", "épiler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is épauler, spelled É-P-A-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Blesser à l’épaule.
- 2Amincir un tenon pour qu’il puisse entrer dans la mortaise.
- 3Appliquer contre son épaule la crosse d'une arme à feu pour tirer.
- 4Mettre des troupes à couvert du canon par un épaulement.
- 5Soutenir, protéger.
- 6Aider de toutes ses forces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épauler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je lui avais prêté mon cheval, il l’a épaulé.
Ce cheval s’est épaulé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epauler
- péauler
- éapuler
- épaluer
- épauelr
- épaulerr
- épauller
- épaulre
- éppauler
- épualer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épauler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épauler", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).