éperons
\e.pʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“éperons” is uncommon French (frequency #51,835 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,835
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de éperon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eperons · éperons · French
éperons · rank #51,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,835
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éjaculer
Nearest frequency peer: éjaculer (-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 « éperons »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- écrasa
écrasa
48,169 corpus weight
- égalant
égalant
48,168 corpus weight
- éjaculer
éjaculer
48,167 corpus weight
- éperons
éperons
48,166 corpus weight
- étreint
étreint
48,164 corpus weight
- évangéliser
évangéliser
48,163 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éperons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éperons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éperons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éperons is uncommon French at frequency #51,835 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de éperon.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for éperons in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is éperons, spelled É-P-E-R-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de éperon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éperons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cheval de Michel Strogoff, taonné par ces venimeux diptères, bondissait comme si les molettes de mille éperons lui fussent entrées dans le flanc.
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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