éprouvants
\e.pʁu.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“éprouvants” is uncommon French (frequency #91,325 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,325
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de éprouvant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eprouvants · éprouvants · French
éprouvants · rank #91,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,325
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH émigrée
Nearest frequency peer: émigrée (-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 “éprouvants”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- élabora
élabora
8,680 corpus weight
- émigrée
émigrée
8,677 corpus weight
- éprouvants
éprouvants
8,676 corpus weight
- étouffez
étouffez
8,674 corpus weight
- étudieront
étudieront
8,673 corpus weight
- évolutionni…
évolutionnisme
8,672 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “éprouvants” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éprouvants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.pʁu.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éprouvants” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
éprouvants is uncommon French at frequency #91,325 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.pʁu.vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de éprouvant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for éprouvants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is éprouvants, spelled É-P-R-O-U-V-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de éprouvant.
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.