épicéas
\e.pi.se.a\
The verdict
“épicéas” is uncommon French (frequency #83,535 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,535
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de épicéa.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epiceas · épicéas · French
épicéas · rank #83,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,535
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éperviers
Nearest frequency peer: éperviers (-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 « épicéas »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- établissaie…
établissaient
16,464 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épicéas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épicéas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.se.a\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épicéas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épicéas is uncommon French at frequency #83,535 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pi.se.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de épicéa.".
épicéas has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 épicéas, spelled É-P-I-C-É-A-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de épicéa.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).