épousent
\e.puz\
The verdict
“épousent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,968
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de épouser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epousent · épousent · French
épousent · rank #45,968 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,968
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH énonciation
Nearest frequency peer: énonciation (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “épousent”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- élec
élec
54,036 corpus weight
- émeraudes
émeraudes
54,035 corpus weight
- énonciation
énonciation
54,034 corpus weight
- épousent
épousent
54,033 corpus weight
- équipent
équipent
54,032 corpus weight
- éteignez
éteignez
54,031 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “épousent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | épousent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.puz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #45,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épousent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around épousent (IPA \e.puz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,968 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for épousent, with forms such as "epousent", "péousent", and "éopusent". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "épouser", "épouses", "exposent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is épousent, spelled É-P-O-U-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de épouser.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de épouser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how épousent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi se superposent et se recoupent durant le temps du monopole les différents types de périmètres, lesquels épousent dans leur quasi-intégralité les frontières de la France.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epousent
- péousent
- éopusent
- éposuent
- épouesnt
- épousennt
- épousentt
- épousetn
- épousnet
- époussent
- éppousent
- épuosent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épousent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épousent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.