Épernon
\e.pɛʁ.nɔ̃\
The verdict
“Épernon” is uncommon French (frequency #78,996 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,996
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epernon · Épernon · French
Épernon · rank #78,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,996
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éparpille
Nearest frequency peer: éparpille (-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 « Épernon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- émulsions
émulsions
21,008 corpus weight
- épandages
épandages
21,007 corpus weight
- éparpille
éparpille
21,006 corpus weight
- Épernon
Épernon
21,005 corpus weight
- épigraphiqu…
épigraphiques
21,004 corpus weight
- épitaphes
épitaphes
21,003 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Épernon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Épernon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.pɛʁ.nɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Épernon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Épernon is uncommon French at frequency #78,996 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.pɛʁ.nɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Épernon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Épernon, spelled É-P-E-R-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir.
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).