épithèse
\e.pi.tɛz\
The verdict
“épithèse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paragoge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epithese · épithèse · French
épithèse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | épithèse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.tɛz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épithèse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épithèse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pi.tɛz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Paragoge.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for épithèse in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 épithèse, spelled É-P-I-T-H-È-S-E.
Definition
- 1Paragoge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how épithèse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est parfois difficile de distinguer les épithèses des adjonctions comme hein.
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.