épitaphes
\e.pi.taf\
The verdict
“épitaphes” is uncommon French (frequency #78,998 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,998
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de épitaphe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epitaphes · épitaphes · French
épitaphes · rank #78,998 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,998
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épigraphiques
Nearest frequency peer: épigraphiques (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « épitaphes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- éparpille
éparpille
21,006 corpus weight
- Épernon
Épernon
21,005 corpus weight
- épigraphiqu…
épigraphiques
21,004 corpus weight
- épitaphes
épitaphes
21,003 corpus weight
- épouserait
épouserait
21,002 corpus weight
- éprouvaient
éprouvaient
21,001 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épitaphes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épitaphes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.taf\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épitaphes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épitaphes is uncommon French at frequency #78,998 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pi.taf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de épitaphe.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for épitaphes, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is épitaphes, spelled É-P-I-T-A-P-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de épitaphe.
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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