épaulettes

\e.po.lɛt\

/\e.po.lɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“épaulettes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,701
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de épaulette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epaulettes · épaulettes · French

épaulettes · rank #47,701 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,701
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH énarque

Nearest frequency peer: énarque (-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 « épaulettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « épaulettes » 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
Key facts for épaulettes
PropertyValue
Headwordépaulettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.po.lɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,701
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épaulettes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.épaulettesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « énarque » (#47,700), « épidermique » (#47,702), « émoluments » (#47,699). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « épaulettes » est au #47,701. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around épaulettes (IPA \e.po.lɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,701 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de épaulette.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for épaulettes, with forms such as "epaulettes", "péaulettes", and "éapulettes". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is épaulettes, spelled É-P-A-U-L-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de épaulette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le command-car sera accompagné comme dans une revue militaire : un sous-officier, deux hommes en armes et en grande tenue, képi blanc, épaulettes : les trois hommes devant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epaulettes
  • péaulettes
  • éapulettes
  • épaluettes
  • épauelttes
  • épauletes
  • épauletets
  • épaulettess
  • épaulettse
  • épaullettes
  • épaultetes
  • éppaulettes
  • épualettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épaulettes - 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.

epaulettes1péaulettes2éapulettes2épaluettes2épauelttes2épauletes1épauletets2épaulettess1
Edit distance from "épaulettes"

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 "épaulettes"?
"épaulettes" is spelled É-P-A-U-L-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.po.lɛt\.
What does "épaulettes" mean?
As a noun, "épaulettes" means: Pluriel de épaulette.
What are common misspellings of "épaulettes"?
Common misspellings include "epaulettes", "péaulettes", "éapulettes", "épaluettes", "épauelttes". The correct spelling is "épaulettes".
How do you pronounce "épaulettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épaulettes" is \e.po.lɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épaulettes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

émoluments#47,699aphorismes#47,722arrangeant#47,728tumultueux#47,662

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

amovibles13 variantsauditionner13 variantscalculette13 variantsSupernova13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list