épine blanche
\e.pin.blɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“épine blanche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire d'une espèce d'aubépine (Crataegus laevigata) que l’on nomme aussi épine noble ou épine à fleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epine-blanche · épine blanche · French
épine blanche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | épine blanche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pin.blɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épine blanche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épine blanche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pin.blɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for épine blanche in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 épine blanche, spelled É-P-I-N-E- -B-L-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Nom vernaculaire d'une espèce d'aubépine (Crataegus laevigata) que l’on nomme aussi épine noble ou épine à fleur.
- 2Synonyme de chardon-Marie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épine blanche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cueillie avant sa complète maturité, la baie s'y conservera sans moisir, […], affinant la saveur de sa pulpe qui affriande merles et grives mieux que cenelles d'épine blanche, […].
N’ayez crainte, le feu ronflait car je savais le bois qu’il fallait choisir. Le frêne et l’acacia pour faire de la flamme, le chêne et le foyard pour faire de la braise, le vieux nerprun et l’épine blanche pour durer.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.