épouvantails
\e.pu.vɑ̃.taj\
The verdict
“épouvantails” is uncommon French (frequency #64,897 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,897
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de épouvantail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epouvantails · épouvantails · French
épouvantails · rank #64,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,897
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH épinard
Nearest frequency peer: épinard (-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 « épouvantails »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- émoussé
émoussé
35,107 corpus weight
- épanouissant
épanouissant
35,106 corpus weight
- épinard
épinard
35,105 corpus weight
- épouvantails
épouvantails
35,104 corpus weight
- étends
étends
35,103 corpus weight
- ôtant
ôtant
35,102 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épouvantails » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épouvantails |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pu.vɑ̃.taj\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #64,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épouvantails » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épouvantails is uncommon French at frequency #64,897 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pu.vɑ̃.taj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de épouvantail.".
épouvantails has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 épouvantails, spelled É-P-O-U-V-A-N-T-A-I-L-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de épouvantail.
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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