Épinay
\e.pi.nɛ\
The verdict
“Épinay” is uncommon French (frequency #57,036 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,036
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure intégrée dans la commune de Mesnil-en-Ouche en janvier 2016.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epinay · Épinay · French
Épinay · rank #57,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,036
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épileptiques
Nearest frequency peer: épileptiques (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Épinay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- épeler
épeler
42,968 corpus weight
- épigraphie
épigraphie
42,967 corpus weight
- épileptiques
épileptiques
42,966 corpus weight
- Épinay
Épinay
42,965 corpus weight
- épurer
épurer
42,963 corpus weight
- étiage
étiage
42,962 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Épinay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Épinay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Épinay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Épinay is uncommon French at frequency #57,036 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.pi.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Épinay in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Épinay, spelled É-P-I-N-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure intégrée dans la commune de Mesnil-en-Ouche en janvier 2016.
- 2Congrès d’Épinay, qui a uni les socialistes français en 1971.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Épinay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La crise que traverse le parti est plus importante que les crises passées. Au moment d’Epinay, tous partageaient à peu près la même idéologie, il y avait surtout la question des alliances à gérer.
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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