éphèbe
\e.fɛb\
The verdict
“éphèbe” is uncommon French (frequency #84,463 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,463
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adolescent grec.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ephebe · éphèbe · French
éphèbe · rank #84,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,463
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éparse
Nearest frequency peer: éparse (-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 « éphèbe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- émargement
émargement
15,540 corpus weight
- éparse
éparse
15,539 corpus weight
- éphèbe
éphèbe
15,538 corpus weight
- épigraphique
épigraphique
15,537 corpus weight
- époustoufla…
époustouflantes
15,536 corpus weight
- étaye
étaye
15,535 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « éphèbe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éphèbe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fɛb\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,463 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éphèbe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éphèbe is uncommon French at frequency #84,463 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.fɛb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for éphèbe in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is éphèbe, spelled É-P-H-È-B-E.
Definition
- 1Adolescent grec.
- 2Jeune homme, en particulier s'il est considéré comme beau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éphèbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chez les Athéniens, les enfants entraient à l’âge de dix-huit ans dans la classe des éphèbes.
L’éphèbe grec, le yalouled algérien, le ragazzo italien, le muchacho espagnol, comblent de leur grâce jeune et de leur beauté encore indécise entre les deux sexes la lacune qui sépare l’enfant de l’homme.
Synonyms
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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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