Épicure
\e.pi.kyʁ\
The verdict
“Épicure” is uncommon French (frequency #63,471 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,471
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Philosophe grec (fin 342 ou début 341 av J.-C./270 av J.-C.)
Corpus desk
Index FR-epicure · Épicure · French
Épicure · rank #63,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,471
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH énumérant
Nearest frequency peer: énumérant (-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 « Épicure »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- élitistes
élitistes
36,533 corpus weight
- Éluard
Éluard
36,532 corpus weight
- énumérant
énumérant
36,531 corpus weight
- Épicure
Épicure
36,530 corpus weight
- équine
équine
36,528 corpus weight
- équivalait
équivalait
36,527 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Épicure » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Épicure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.kyʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Épicure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Épicure is uncommon French at frequency #63,471 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.pi.kyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Philosophe grec (fin 342 ou début 341 av J.-C./270 av J.-C.)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Épicure in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Épicure, spelled É-P-I-C-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Philosophe grec (fin 342 ou début 341 av J.-C./270 av J.-C.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Épicure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D'une part, la doctrine du casualisme, qui considère l'ordre du monde comme une simple casualité, et qui place ainsi les causes finales dans le hasard de l'action de la matière envisagée comme morte ou sans vie, s'établit dès la plus haute antiquité, et fut cultivée par Leucippe, Épicure et Démocrite.
Carlo Aspertini était grandement estimé par tout le monde savant pour avoir lu, dans un des rouleaux carbonisés de Pompéi, tout un traité d’Épicure.
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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