épousa
\e.pu.za\
The verdict
“épousa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,600. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,600
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de épouser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epousa · épousa · French
épousa · rank #17,600 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,600
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH éloges
Nearest frequency peer: éloges (-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 « épousa »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- écuries
écuries
82,404 corpus weight
- écuyer
écuyer
82,403 corpus weight
- éloges
éloges
82,402 corpus weight
- épousa
épousa
82,401 corpus weight
- étendent
étendent
82,400 corpus weight
- étincelle
étincelle
82,399 corpus weight
What this shows « épousa » 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 | épousa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.pu.za\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « épousa »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around épousa (IPA \e.pu.za\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,600 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de épouser.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for épousa, with forms such as "epousa", "péousa", and "éopusa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "époux", "épouse", "épouser", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is épousa, spelled É-P-O-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de épouser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how épousa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Séjour durant lequel il épousa la fille de Bartolomeu Perestrelo, le gouverneur de Porto Santo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epousa
- péousa
- éopusa
- éposua
- épouas
- époussa
- éppousa
- épuosa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épousa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épousa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).