épilation
\e.pi.la.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“épilation” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,588
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Suppression des poils ou des cheveux opérée par divers procédés manuels, mécaniques, électriques ou chimiques, généralement par souci d’esthétique, de confort, d’hygiène ou de décence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epilation · épilation · French
épilation · rank #26,588 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,588
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH éligibilité
Nearest frequency peer: éligibilité (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “épilation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- éditée
éditée
73,416 corpus weight
- électron
électron
73,415 corpus weight
- éligibilité
éligibilité
73,414 corpus weight
- épilation
épilation
73,413 corpus weight
- épouvantail
épouvantail
73,412 corpus weight
- étonnent
étonnent
73,411 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “épilation” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | épilation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.la.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épilation” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around épilation (IPA \e.pi.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,588 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Suppression des poils ou des cheveux opérée par divers procédés manuels, mécaniques, électriques ou chimiques, généralement par souci d’esthétique, de confort, d’hygiène ou de décence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for épilation, with forms such as "epilation", "péilation", and "éiplation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "épuration", "expiation", "expiration", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is épilation, spelled É-P-I-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Suppression des poils ou des cheveux opérée par divers procédés manuels, mécaniques, électriques ou chimiques, généralement par souci d’esthétique, de confort, d’hygiène ou de décence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epilation
- péilation
- éiplation
- épialtion
- épilaiton
- épilatino
- épilationn
- épilatoin
- épilattion
- épillation
- épiltaion
- épliation
- éppilation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épilation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épilation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.