épaules
\e.pol\
The verdict
“épaules” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,206
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de épaule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epaules · épaules · French
épaules · rank #5,206 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,206
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH élevage
Nearest frequency peer: élevage (-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 « épaules »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- von
von
94,798 corpus weight
- élevage
élevage
94,796 corpus weight
- épaules
épaules
94,795 corpus weight
- étendue
étendue
94,794 corpus weight
- étonne
étonne
94,793 corpus weight
- ADN
ADN
94,792 corpus weight
What this shows « épaules » 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 | épaules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pol\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épaules »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around épaules (IPA \e.pol\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,206 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de épaule.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for épaules, with forms such as "epaules", "péaules", and "éapules". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "épaves", "épouses", "érables", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is épaules, spelled É-P-A-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de épaule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how épaules appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’œil embrassait les plus blanches épaules, les unes de couleur d’ambre, les autres d’un lustré qui faisait croire qu’elles avaient été cylindrées, celles-ci satinées, celles-là mates et grasses comme si Rubens en avait préparé la pâte, enfin toutes les nuances trouvées par l’homme dans le blanc.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epaules
- péaules
- éapules
- épalues
- épauels
- épauless
- épaulles
- épaulse
- éppaules
- épuales
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épaules - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "épaules", 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).