éprouves

\e.pʁuv\

/\e.pʁuv\/ verb

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The verdict

“éprouves” is uncommon French (frequency #92,362 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,362
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éprouver.

Key facts for éprouves
PropertyValue
Headwordéprouves
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.pʁuv\
Letters8
Frequency rank#92,362
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “éprouves” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). éprouves lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

éprouves is uncommon French at frequency #92,362 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.pʁuv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for éprouves, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is éprouves, spelled É-P-R-O-U-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éprouver.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de éprouver.

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 "éprouves"?
"éprouves" is spelled É-P-R-O-U-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.pʁuv\.
What does "éprouves" mean?
As a verb, "éprouves" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éprouver.
How do you pronounce "éprouves"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "éprouves" is \e.pʁuv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "éprouves" come from?
"éprouves" 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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Using “éprouves”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is É-P-R-O-U-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \e.pʁuv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list