éponger
\e.pɔ̃.ʒe\
The verdict
“éponger” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,090
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étancher, enlever un liquide avec une éponge, avec un tissu spongieux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eponger · éponger · French
éponger · rank #40,090 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,090
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épidémiologiq…
Nearest frequency peer: épidémiologique (-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 « éponger »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- épicée
épicée
59,913 corpus weight
- épidémiolog…
épidémiologique
59,912 corpus weight
- éponger
éponger
59,911 corpus weight
- érigées
érigées
59,910 corpus weight
- établirent
établirent
59,909 corpus weight
- étamines
étamines
59,908 corpus weight
What this shows « éponger » 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 | éponger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.pɔ̃.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éponger »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around éponger (IPA \e.pɔ̃.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,090 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for éponger, with forms such as "eponger", "péonger", and "éopnger". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "épouser", "étonner", "éponges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is éponger, spelled É-P-O-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Étancher, enlever un liquide avec une éponge, avec un tissu spongieux.
- 2Essuyer, sécher avec un tissu absorbant.
- 3Résorber.
- 4Consommer de la nourriture dans le but de compenser la consommation d’une grande quantité d’alcool.
- 5Faire jouir (un homme) sexuellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éponger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avram épongea le sang, traça un autre trait dans la mince épaisseur de graisse marbrée, épongea de nouveau, enfonça le scalpel dans le muscle du ventre jusqu’à ce qu’apparaisse la matrice proprement dite.
Le lendemain, le sol de la cuisine était recouvert d’eau. … Clarisse avait emmené Gaspard à l’école pendant que Monsieur Zerozkiezwich épongeait le lino sans déceler l’origine de la fuite.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eponger
- péonger
- éopnger
- épnoger
- épogner
- éponegr
- épongerr
- épongger
- épongre
- éponnger
- épponger
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éponger - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).