Épiphanie

\e.pi.fa.ni\

/\e.pi.fa.ni\/ noun

The verdict

“Épiphanie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,090
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manifestation de Jésus-Christ aux Mages venus pour l’adorer, selon le christianisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epiphanie · Épiphanie · French

Épiphanie · rank #41,090 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,090
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élégamment

Nearest frequency peer: élégamment (-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 « Épiphanie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Épiphanie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Épiphanie
PropertyValue
HeadwordÉpiphanie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.pi.fa.ni\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,090
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Épiphanie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Épiphaniese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « élégamment » (#41,089), « Érasme » (#41,091), « Éloi » (#41,088). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « Épiphanie » est au #41,090. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Épiphanie (IPA \e.pi.fa.ni\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,090 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Épiphanie, with forms such as "epiphanie", "péiphanie", and "éipphanie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Épiphanie, spelled É-P-I-P-H-A-N-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manifestation de Jésus-Christ aux Mages venus pour l’adorer, selon le christianisme.
  2. 2
    Fête de l’Église célébrant, selon les rites du christianisme, l’adoration des Mages, la naissance de Jésus, ou son baptême.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Épiphanie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La fête de l’Épiphanie.
  2. Le premier dimanche après l’Épiphanie.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epiphanie
  • péiphanie
  • éipphanie
  • épihpanie
  • épipahnie
  • épiphaine
  • épiphanei
  • épiphannie
  • épiphhanie
  • épiphnaie
  • épipphanie
  • éppihanie
  • éppiphanie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Épiphanie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epiphanie1péiphanie2éipphanie2épihpanie2épipahnie2épiphaine2épiphanei2épiphannie1
Edit distance from "Épiphanie"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Épiphanie"?
"Épiphanie" is spelled É-P-I-P-H-A-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pi.fa.ni\.
What does "Épiphanie" mean?
As a noun, "Épiphanie" means: Manifestation de Jésus-Christ aux Mages venus pour l’adorer, selon le christianisme.
What are common misspellings of "Épiphanie"?
Common misspellings include "epiphanie", "péiphanie", "éipphanie", "épihpanie", "épipahnie". The correct spelling is "Épiphanie".
How do you pronounce "Épiphanie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Épiphanie" is \e.pi.fa.ni\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Épiphanie" come from?
"Épiphanie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Épiphanie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list