épaves
\e.pav\
The verdict
“épaves” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,417
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de l’adjectif épave.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epaves · épaves · French
épaves · rank #28,417 · 9 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,417
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épinière
Nearest frequency peer: épinière (+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 « épaves »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- écrive
écrive
71,588 corpus weight
- édifiant
édifiant
71,587 corpus weight
- épaves
épaves
71,584 corpus weight
- épinière
épinière
71,583 corpus weight
- éradication
éradication
71,582 corpus weight
- étau
étau
71,581 corpus weight
What this shows « épaves » 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 | épaves |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.pav\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épaves »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around épaves (IPA \e.pav\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,417 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de l’adjectif épave.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for épaves, with forms such as "epaves", "péaves", and "éapves". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "épées", "étapes", "étages", 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is épaves, spelled É-P-A-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de l’adjectif épave.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epaves
- péaves
- éapves
- épaevs
- épavess
- épavse
- épavves
- éppaves
- épvaes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épaves - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).