espacer

\ɛs.pa.se\

/\ɛs.pa.se\/ verb

The verdict

“espacer” is uncommon French (frequency #68,262 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,262
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ranger plusieurs choses de manière à laisser entre elles des espaces déterminés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-espacer · espacer · French

espacer · rank #68,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,262
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH escaladant

Nearest frequency peer: escaladant (-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 « espacer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « espacer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for espacer
PropertyValue
Headwordespacer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛs.pa.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#68,262
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « espacer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).espacertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « escaladant » (#68,261), « estivants » (#68,263), « erotic » (#68,260). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « espacer » est au #68,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

espacer is uncommon French at frequency #68,262 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.pa.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for espacer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is espacer, spelled E-S-P-A-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ranger plusieurs choses de manière à laisser entre elles des espaces déterminés.
  2. 2
    Ajuster l’espace entre les mots, les lignes, et quelquefois même les lettres.
  3. 3
    Répartir selon des intervalles de temps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how espacer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le jardinier espacera régulièrement ces arbres.
  2. — Mais nous sommes déjà dans les faubourgs. Les maisons s'espacent, se reculent, s'adossent à la rivière ou à la montagne.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espacer"?
"espacer" is spelled E-S-P-A-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.pa.se\.
What does "espacer" mean?
As a verb, "espacer" means: Ranger plusieurs choses de manière à laisser entre elles des espaces déterminés.
How do you pronounce "espacer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espacer" is \ɛs.pa.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espacer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "espacer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list