épure
\e.pyʁ\
The verdict
“épure” is uncommon French (frequency #50,602 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,602
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dessin à l’échelle réelle d’une construction tracé sur une muraille, ou, plus généralement, sur un plancher ou sur une aire horizontale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.pyʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “épure” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
épure is uncommon French at frequency #50,602 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.pyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
épure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is épure, spelled É-P-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dessin à l’échelle réelle d’une construction tracé sur une muraille, ou, plus généralement, sur un plancher ou sur une aire horizontale.
- 2Représentation, projetée sur un ou plusieurs plans à l’échelle réduite, d’un volume.
- 3Dessin au trait qui représente sur un plan l’ensemble des proportions des différents points ou lignes d’une figure.
- 4Traits généraux d’une œuvre ou d’une pensée.
- 5Représentation simpliste.
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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 “épure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-P-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.pyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.