épingler
\e.pɛ̃.ɡle\
The verdict
“épingler” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,370. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,370
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attacher avec une épingle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epingler · épingler · French
épingler · rank #34,370 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,370
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH énergiquement
Nearest frequency peer: énergiquement (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « épingler »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- émerveillem…
émerveillement
65,634 corpus weight
- émotionnels
émotionnels
65,633 corpus weight
- énergiqueme…
énergiquement
65,632 corpus weight
- épingler
épingler
65,631 corpus weight
- épousant
épousant
65,630 corpus weight
- étudions
étudions
65,628 corpus weight
What this shows « épingler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | épingler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.pɛ̃.ɡle\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épingler »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around épingler (IPA \e.pɛ̃.ɡle\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,370 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for épingler, with forms such as "epingler", "péingler", and "éipngler". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "éponger", "épingles", "épiler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 épingler, spelled É-P-I-N-G-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Attacher avec une épingle.
- 2Attraper.
- 3Critiquer, pointer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épingler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous prenons deux otages, le vieux maire, […] et le jeune curé, […], bien que les soldats aient encore, épinglé à la capote, les Sacré-Cœur distribués à Paray-le-Monial.
Quelquefois, avant de me remettre un livre, maman en épinglait ensemble quelques feuillets ; dans La Guerre des Mondes de Wells, je trouvai ainsi un chapitre condamné. Je n’ôtais jamais les épingles, mais je me demandais souvent : de quoi est-il question ?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epingler
- péingler
- éipngler
- épignler
- épingelr
- épinggler
- épinglerr
- épingller
- épinglre
- épinlger
- épinngler
- épnigler
- éppingler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épingler - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).