épées

\e.pe\

/\e.pe\/ noun

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The verdict

“épées” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,628. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,628
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-epees · épées · French

épées · rank #18,628 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,628
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émergent

Nearest frequency peer: émergent (-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 « épées »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « épées » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

épées vs EPS
0% similar
épées vs êtes
40% similar
épées vs eyes
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for épées
PropertyValue
Headwordépées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.pe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,628
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épées »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).épéesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « émergent » (#18,627), « équivoque » (#18,629), « éditer » (#18,626). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « épées » est au #18,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around épées (IPA \e.pe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,628 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de épée.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for épées, with forms such as "epees", "péées", and "épeés". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "EPS", "êtes", "eyes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is épées, spelled É-P-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de épée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les épées d’un vent glacé rabotaient les champs écorchés par le travail des charrues et brûlés par le gel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epees
  • péées
  • épeés
  • éppées
  • épéess
  • épése
  • éépes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épées - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epees2péées2épeés2éppées1épéess1épése2éépes2
Edit distance from "épées"

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 "épées"?
"épées" is spelled É-P-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pe\.
What does "épées" mean?
As a noun, "épées" means: Pluriel de épée.
What words are commonly confused with "épées"?
"épées" is commonly confused with "EPS", "êtes", "eyes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "épées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épées" is \e.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épées" come from?
"épées" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Wendy#18,625vêtue#18,624abbas#18,633agace#18,638

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

étoffe7 variantstopic7 variantssound7 variantsSamir7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list