époux

Name: époux, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\e.pu\

/\e.pu\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“époux” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,819
frequency rank, French: 1,805
“É” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mari, dans le mariage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epoux · époux · French

époux · rank #4,819 · 7 variants · 8 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,819
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 1,805
PHOTO-FINISH vraies

Nearest frequency peer: vraies (-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.

urbaine

95,185
volontaires

95,184
vraies

95,183
époux

95,182
évaluer

95,181
3d

95,180

What this shows « époux » 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).

époux vs EPO

0% similar

époux vs eaux

40% similar

époux vs égaux

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for époux
Property	Value
Headword	époux
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\e.pu\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#4,819
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	8
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « époux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.épouxse place ici:

#4,819

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vraies » (#4,818), « évaluer » (#4,820), « volontaires » (#4,817). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « époux » est au #4,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around époux (IPA \e.pu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,819 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for époux, with forms such as "epoux", "péoux", and "éopux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "EPO", "eaux", "égaux", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is époux, spelled É-P-O-U-X.

Definition

1
Mari, dans le mariage.
2
(Souvent au pluriel) Mari ou femme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how époux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Quelques-uns étaient mariés, entre autres le caporal Joliffe, heureux époux d’une Canadienne vive et alerte.
Une patricienne italienne peut ripoliner la façade de son présidentiel époux, et tenter, en vain, de dissimuler sa confondante vulgarité d’activiste, sa vraie nature pointe toujours.

Synonyms

moitié mec mari conjoint

This word in other languages

husband(English)esposo(Español)Gemahl(Deutsch)marido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

epoux
péoux
éopux
épouxx
époxu
éppoux
épuox

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of époux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "époux"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "époux"?

"époux" is spelled É-P-O-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pu\.

What does "époux" mean?

As a noun, "époux" means: Mari, dans le mariage.

What words are commonly confused with "époux"?

"époux" is commonly confused with "EPO", "eaux", "égaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "époux"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "époux" is \e.pu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "époux" come from?

"époux" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "époux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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