épine-vinette
\e.pin.vi.nɛt\
The verdict
“épine-vinette” 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) - Espèce d’arbrisseau qui a des piquants et qui porte un fruit rouge et acide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epine-vinette · épine-vinette · French
épine-vinette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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-vinette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pin.vi.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
épine-vinette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pin.vi.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for épine-vinette in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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-vinette, spelled É-P-I-N-E---V-I-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce d’arbrisseau qui a des piquants et qui porte un fruit rouge et acide.
- 2Fruit de cet arbuste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épine-vinette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est la nouvelle tendance virale sur TikTok : Prendre des gélules de berbérine pour perdre du poids. Cette substance active d’origine naturelle est tirée de diverses plantes dont l’épine-vinette.
PISSE-VINAIGRE, s. m. — Épine-vinette, Berberis vulgaris. — Corruption fort étrange d’épine-vinette. Le goût acide des baies a d’abord fait transformer vinette en vinaigre ; puis épine-vinaigre ne voulant rien dire, on a compris que de manger de ces baies faisait uriner acide. D’où pisse-vinaigre.
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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.