épigraphe
\e.pi.ɡʁaf\
The verdict
“épigraphe” is an uncommon French word, ranked #76,256 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #76,256
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Inscription sur un édifice.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épigraphe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.ɡʁaf\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,256 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épigraphe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for épigraphe is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.pi.ɡʁaf\. Corpus data places it at rank #76,256 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for épigraphe in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is épigraphe, spelled É-P-I-G-R-A-P-H-E.
Definition
- 1Inscription sur un édifice.
- 2Courte sentence, courte citation en tête d’un livre, d’un chapitre, etc., pour en indiquer l’objet ou l’esprit.
Synonyms
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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 “épigraphe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-P-I-G-R-A-P-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.pi.ɡʁaf\ (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.