épingle anglaise
\e.pɛ̃.ɡl‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\
The verdict
“épingle anglaise” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Épingle en forme de crochet, qui se referme sur elle-même et que les nourrices utilisaient pour maintenir les langes des bébés avant l’invention de la couche culotte.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épingle anglaise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pɛ̃.ɡl‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épingle anglaise” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for épingle anglaise is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.pɛ̃.ɡl‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛz\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Épingle en forme de crochet, qui se referme sur elle-même et que les nourrices utilisaient pour maintenir les langes des bébés avant l’invention de la couche culotte.".
épingle anglaise has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is épingle anglaise, spelled É-P-I-N-G-L-E- -A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Épingle en forme de crochet, qui se referme sur elle-même et que les nourrices utilisaient pour maintenir les langes des bébés avant l’invention de la couche culotte.
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.
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Using “épingle anglaise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-P-I-N-G-L-E- -A-N-G-L-A-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.