épizootie
\e.pi.zɔ.o.ti\
The verdict
“épizootie” is uncommon French (frequency #96,537 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,537
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épidémie frappant les animaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epizootie · épizootie · French
épizootie · rank #96,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,537
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épillets
Nearest frequency peer: épillets (-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 « épizootie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- élisez
élisez
3,467 corpus weight
- émergences
émergences
3,466 corpus weight
- épillets
épillets
3,465 corpus weight
- épizootie
épizootie
3,464 corpus weight
- épéistes
épéistes
3,463 corpus weight
- équipait
équipait
3,462 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épizootie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épizootie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pi.zɔ.o.ti\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épizootie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épizootie is uncommon French at frequency #96,537 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pi.zɔ.o.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for épizootie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is épizootie, spelled É-P-I-Z-O-O-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Épidémie frappant les animaux.
- 2Maladie contagieuse qui frappe les animaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épizootie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une recrudescence de l’épizootie de fièvre aphteuse est signalée dans le département des Ardennes. Douzy, Étalle, Étion, Marby, Carignan, Regniowez, Juniville, Perthes et Annelles sont parmi les localités les plus éprouvées.
En 1979, dans les derniers mois de l’interminable guerre civile, une épizootie de charbon d'une ampleur exceptionnelle éclate en atteignant le bétail des « réserves » noires rurales, les Southern Tribal Trust Lands.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).