épier
\e.pje\
The verdict
“épier” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,447. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,447
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Observer secrètement et avec attention les actions, les discours de quelqu’un, ou ce qui se passe quelque part.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epier · épier · French
épier · rank #49,447 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,447
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH émit
Nearest frequency peer: émit (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « épier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- électroména…
électroménagers
50,557 corpus weight
- élongation
élongation
50,556 corpus weight
- émit
émit
50,555 corpus weight
- épier
épier
50,554 corpus weight
- épuisante
épuisante
50,553 corpus weight
- éteindra
éteindra
50,552 corpus weight
What this shows « épier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.pje\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around épier (IPA \e.pje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,447 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for épier, with forms such as "epier", "péier", and "éiper". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "EPR", "ever", "épis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is épier, spelled É-P-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Observer secrètement et avec attention les actions, les discours de quelqu’un, ou ce qui se passe quelque part.
- 2Se tenir prêt à saisir l’occasion de faire quelque chose, à profiter du moment favorable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'homme, qui était un garde-côte, comme le faisait voir sa cape d'uniforme, épiait toutes les manœuvres du trois-mâts et semblait en prendre note mentalement.
[…], j’appris qu’il était d’autres joies que celles d’épier sous un arbre l’approche d’un ramier ou de placer le soir sur un passage dans les taillis d’invisibles lacets.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epier
- péier
- éiper
- épeir
- épierr
- épire
- éppier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).