éphéméride
\e.fe.me.ʁid\
The verdict
“éphéméride” is an uncommon French word, ranked #60,498 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,498
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Livre où se trouvent consignées pour une année les prévisions météorologiques.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éphéméride |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fe.me.ʁid\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éphéméride” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for éphéméride is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.fe.me.ʁid\. Corpus data places it at rank #60,498 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for éphéméride in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is éphéméride, spelled É-P-H-É-M-É-R-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Livre où se trouvent consignées pour une année les prévisions météorologiques.
- 2Livre ou calendrier dont on détache chaque jour une page et où, généralement, sont rappelés les évènements arrivés à la même date.
- 3Tables astronomiques par lesquelles on détermine, pour chaque jour, le lieu de chaque planète dans le zodiaque ou les heures des marées.
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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Using “éphéméride”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-P-H-É-M-É-R-I-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.fe.me.ʁid\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.