ept
\ɛpt\
The verdict
“ept” is uncommon French (frequency #71,497 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,497
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adroit, approprié, efficace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ept · ept · French
ept · rank #71,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,497
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH envy
Nearest frequency peer: envy (-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 « ept »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entomologis…
entomologistes
28,507 corpus weight
- entremêlés
entremêlés
28,506 corpus weight
- envy
envy
28,505 corpus weight
- ept
ept
28,504 corpus weight
- Erbil
Erbil
28,503 corpus weight
- essuient
essuient
28,502 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ept » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ept |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛpt\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #71,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ept » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ept is uncommon French at frequency #71,497 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛpt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adroit, approprié, efficace.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ept, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ept, spelled E-P-T.
Definition
- 1Adroit, approprié, efficace.
Antonyms
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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