épigramme
\e.pi.ɡʁam\
The verdict
“épigramme” is an uncommon French word, ranked #88,260 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #88,260
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite pièce de vers qui se termine ordinairement par un trait piquant ou par un bon mot.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épigramme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.ɡʁam\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,260 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épigramme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for épigramme is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.pi.ɡʁam\. Corpus data places it at rank #88,260 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
épigramme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is épigramme, spelled É-P-I-G-R-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Petite pièce de vers qui se termine ordinairement par un trait piquant ou par un bon mot.
- 2Mot qui, dans la conversation ou dans un écrit, exprime d’un trait une critique spirituelle, une raillerie mordante.
- 3Toute sorte d’inscription.
- 4Petite pièce en vers élégiaques consacrés soit à l’expression de sentiments tendres, soit à des descriptions, soit à des railleries.
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 “épigramme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-P-I-G-R-A-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.pi.ɡʁam\ (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.