Épernay
\e.pɛʁ.nɛ\
The verdict
“Épernay” is uncommon French (frequency #64,200 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,200
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epernay · Épernay · French
Épernay · rank #64,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,200
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH énergivores
Nearest frequency peer: énergivores (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Épernay”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- éjectés
éjectés
35,804 corpus weight
- émets
émets
35,803 corpus weight
- énergivores
énergivores
35,802 corpus weight
- Épernay
Épernay
35,801 corpus weight
- érudite
érudite
35,800 corpus weight
- évacuant
évacuant
35,799 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Épernay” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Épernay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.pɛʁ.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Épernay” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Épernay is uncommon French at frequency #64,200 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.pɛʁ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Épernay in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Épernay, spelled É-P-E-R-N-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.