épreuves
\e.pʁœv\
The verdict
“épreuves” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,972
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de épreuve.
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 | épreuves |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pʁœv\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épreuves” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around épreuves (IPA \e.pʁœv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,972 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de épreuve.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for épreuves, with forms such as "epreuves", "péreuves", and "éperuves". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "éprouve", "éprouver", "éprouvée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 épreuves, spelled É-P-R-E-U-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de épreuve.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epreuves
- péreuves
- éperuves
- éppreuves
- épreuevs
- épreuvess
- épreuvse
- épreuvves
- éprevues
- éprreuves
- éprueves
- érpeuves
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of épreuves - 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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Using “épreuves”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-P-R-E-U-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.pʁœv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “éprouve” - see the side-by-side comparison. épreuves vs éprouve
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.