épilage
\e.pi.laʒ\
The verdict
“épilage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d'épiler ou de s'épiler. On emploie plus couramment « épilation ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-epilage · épilage · French
épilage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épilage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.laʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épilage” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
épilage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pi.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
épilage has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is épilage, spelled É-P-I-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d'épiler ou de s'épiler. On emploie plus couramment « épilation ».
- 2Opération qui consiste à débarrasser les peaux de leurs poils avant le tannage.
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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.