épicéa
\e.pi.se.a\
The verdict
“épicéa” is an uncommon French word, ranked #57,712 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,712
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre de conifères, grand arbre résineux souvent conique comme les sapins, à aiguilles persistantes disposées tout autour du rameau, et aux cônes pendants.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épicéa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.se.a\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épicéa” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for épicéa is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.pi.se.a\. Corpus data places it at rank #57,712 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
épicéa has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is épicéa, spelled É-P-I-C-É-A.
Definition
- 1Genre de conifères, grand arbre résineux souvent conique comme les sapins, à aiguilles persistantes disposées tout autour du rameau, et aux cônes pendants.
- 2Synonyme d’épicéa commun.
This word in other languages
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 “épicéa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-P-I-C-É-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.pi.se.a\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.