éperonner
\e.pʁɔ.ne\
The verdict
“éperonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piquer des éperons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eperonner · éperonner · French
éperonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | éperonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.pʁɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éperonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éperonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.pʁɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for éperonner in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 éperonner, spelled É-P-E-R-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Piquer des éperons.
- 2Armer les ergots d’un coq de pointes d’acier pour le combat.
- 3Percuter à l’aide de l’éperon dans le but d’endommager, voire de le couler, en parlant d’un navire.
- 4Aiguillonner, stimuler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éperonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il éperonna son cheval.
Le roi d'Espagne ayant donné à Farinelli, un des plus célèbres castrats de l'Italie, l'ordre de Calatrava, celui-ci fut armé chevalier avec les cérémonies ordinaires et on lui mit, suivant l'usage, les éperons. Sur quoi l'ambassadeur d'Angleterre dit : « Chaque pays, chaque mode; à Londres on éperonne les coqs, à Madrid on éperonne les chapons. »
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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.