éperlan
\e.pɛʁ.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“éperlan” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit poisson de mer qui a des couleurs nacrées brillantes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eperlan · éperlan · French
éperlan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éperlan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pɛʁ.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
éperlan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pɛʁ.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit poisson de mer qui a des couleurs nacrées brillantes.".
éperlan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is éperlan, spelled É-P-E-R-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Petit poisson de mer qui a des couleurs nacrées brillantes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éperlan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des éperlans frits.
Une brochette d’éperlans.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.