ESP
\ø.ɛs.pe\
The verdict
“ESP” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,197) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,197
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de électro-stabilisateur programmé ou Correcteur électronique de trajectoire
Corpus desk
Index FR-esp · ESP · French
ESP · rank #18,197 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,197
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH erronée
Nearest frequency peer: erronée (-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 “ESP”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- entraînée
entraînée
81,807 corpus weight
- envier
envier
81,806 corpus weight
- erronée
erronée
81,805 corpus weight
- ESP
ESP
81,804 corpus weight
- exposant
exposant
81,803 corpus weight
- facilités
facilités
81,802 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ESP” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | ESP |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ø.ɛs.pe\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #18,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “ESP” se place dans la fréquence du français
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ESP is neighbouring look-alikes ("et", "Eu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ø.ɛs.pe\. Frequency #18,197 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Gloss: "Abréviation de électro-stabilisateur programmé ou Correcteur électronique de trajectoire".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ESP, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "et", "Eu", "ez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ESP, spelled E-S-P.
Definition
- 1Abréviation de électro-stabilisateur programmé ou Correcteur électronique de trajectoire
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ESP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le calculateur de l' ABS (Anti Block System) et de l' ESP (Electronic Stability Program) pilote le boîtier ABS pour corriger la trajectoire et éviter de bloquer les roues en cas de freinage excessif du conducteur. Il gère simultanément les fonctions de freinage antiblocage et de stabilité en surveillant en temps réel la vitesse de rotation de chaque roue,…
En effet, les systèmes de correction électronique de la trajectoire (ESP) ne fonctionnent que quand le véhicule est en contact avec la route.
This word in other languages
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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- "ESP" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "et". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #18,197 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.