épicerie

/\e.pi.sʁi\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,102

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

épicerie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Commerce des épices et d’un grand nombre de denrées de consommation courante. Pronounced \e.pi.sʁi\. It ranks #9,102 in French word frequency. Often confused with épiderme and épiceries.

Key facts for épicerie
PropertyValue
Headwordépicerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.pi.sʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,102
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of épicerie in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for épicerie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.pi.sʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,102 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for épicerie, with forms such as "epicerie", "péicerie", and "éipcerie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "épiderme", "épiceries", "épicée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is épicerie, spelled É-P-I-C-E-R-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commerce des épices et d’un grand nombre de denrées de consommation courante.
  2. 2
    Magasin où se fait ce commerce.
  3. 3
    Toutes sortes d’épices, comme la cannelle, la muscade, le poivre, et aussi le sucre, le miel, le café et toutes les substances alimentaires qui venaient des pays éloignés.
  4. 4
    Rayon d’une grande surface commerciale (supermarché, hypermarché) qui regroupe les produits alimentaires, condiments, conserves…
  5. 5
    Supermarché ou marché.
  6. 6
    Ensemble des achats fait pour la consommation familiale courante, généralement hebdomadaire.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epicerie,péicerie,éipcerie,épcierie,épiccerie,épiceire,épicerei,épicerrie,épicreie,épiecrie,éppicerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for épicerie

Misspelling Variants of "épicerie"

epicerie8péicerie8éipcerie8épcierie8épiccerie9épiceire8épicerei8épicerrie9
Misspelling Variants of "épicerie"

Frequency rank: #9,102 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "épicerie"?
"épicerie" is spelled É-P-I-C-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pi.sʁi\.
What does "épicerie" mean?
As a noun, "épicerie" means: Commerce des épices et d’un grand nombre de denrées de consommation courante.
What words are commonly confused with "épicerie"?
"épicerie" is commonly confused with "épiderme", "épiceries", "épicée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "épicerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épicerie" is \e.pi.sʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épicerie" come from?
"épicerie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.