épelé
\e.pə.le\
The verdict
“épelé” is uncommon French (frequency #97,592 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,592
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont l’on a donné l’orthographe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epele · épelé · French
épelé · rank #97,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,592
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épaulent
Nearest frequency peer: épaulent (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « épelé »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- épaississant
épaississant
2,412 corpus weight
- épanchements
épanchements
2,411 corpus weight
- épaulent
épaulent
2,410 corpus weight
- épelé
épelé
2,409 corpus weight
- épicène
épicène
2,408 corpus weight
- éponymes
éponymes
2,407 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épelé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épelé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.pə.le\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épelé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épelé is uncommon French at frequency #97,592 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.pə.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for épelé, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 épelé, spelled É-P-E-L-É.
Definition
- 1Dont l’on a donné l’orthographe.
- 2Pelé ou sec.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how épelé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous lisons de deux manières : le mot nouveau ou inconnu est épelé lettre après lettre; mais le mot usuel et familier s'embrasse d'un seul coup d'œil, indépendamment des lettres qui le composent …
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).