éperdu
The verdict
“éperdu” is uncommon French (frequency #88,259 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,259
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a l’esprit troublé par la crainte ou par quelque autre passion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eperdu · éperdu · French
éperdu · rank #88,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,259
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éparpillent
Nearest frequency peer: éparpillent (-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 « éperdu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- éliminait
éliminait
11,745 corpus weight
- éon
éon
11,744 corpus weight
- éparpillent
éparpillent
11,743 corpus weight
- éperdu
éperdu
11,742 corpus weight
- épigramme
épigramme
11,741 corpus weight
- épouserai
épouserai
11,740 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éperdu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éperdu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éperdu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éperdu is uncommon French at frequency #88,259 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
éperdu has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is éperdu, spelled É-P-E-R-D-U.
Definition
- 1Qui a l’esprit troublé par la crainte ou par quelque autre passion.
- 2Avec affolement.
- 3D’un air qui marque la violence de la passion.
- 4Invétéré, impénitent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éperdu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]; des multitudes éperdues grimpèrent par d’effrayants sentiers jusqu’à ces régions si élevées que les arbres ne poussaient plus.
Je m’assis à côté sur sa caisse, je le regardai un moment puis – je ne suis pas bâti en ciment – cela fut comme si je tombais dans un bassin d’eau noire et je me mis à dormir en éperdu, en claironnant de la narine.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).