éperviers
\e.pɛʁ.vje\
The verdict
“éperviers” is uncommon French (frequency #83,534 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,534
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de épervier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eperviers · éperviers · French
éperviers · rank #83,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,534
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH émancipateur
Nearest frequency peer: émancipateur (-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 « éperviers »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- édictés
édictés
16,470 corpus weight
- égratigner
égratigner
16,469 corpus weight
- émancipateur
émancipateur
16,468 corpus weight
- éperviers
éperviers
16,467 corpus weight
- épicéas
épicéas
16,466 corpus weight
- époxy
époxy
16,465 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éperviers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éperviers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.pɛʁ.vje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,534 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éperviers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éperviers is uncommon French at frequency #83,534 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.pɛʁ.vje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de épervier.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for éperviers, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is éperviers, spelled É-P-E-R-V-I-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de épervier.
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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