espadon
\ɛs.pa.dɔ̃\
The verdict
“espadon” is uncommon French (frequency #53,937 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,937
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande et large épée, à double tranchant, qu’on tenait à deux mains.
Corpus desk
Index FR-espadon · espadon · French
espadon · rank #53,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,937
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH esse
Nearest frequency peer: esse (+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 « espadon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entry
entry
46,070 corpus weight
- Erevan
Erevan
46,068 corpus weight
- errances
errances
46,066 corpus weight
- espadon
espadon
46,064 corpus weight
- esse
esse
46,063 corpus weight
- essoufflée
essoufflée
46,062 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « espadon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espadon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pa.dɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « espadon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
espadon is uncommon French at frequency #53,937 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pa.dɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for espadon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is espadon, spelled E-S-P-A-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1Grande et large épée, à double tranchant, qu’on tenait à deux mains.
- 2Sabre dont on apprend à se servir.
- 3Homosexuel.
- 4Espèce de grand poisson osseux marin pélagique, qui possède un long nez (le rostre) plutôt aplati qui représente le tiers de la longueur totale de l'animal.
- 5Chair cuisinée de ce poisson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how espadon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il faut savoir gré à cet archevêque de Braga, armé et équipé pour la guerre, avec sa cotte de mailles, son espadon suspendu à l’arçon de sa mule et son heaume à vantail, d’être allé aussi loin sur la voie de la spéculation théologique, peut-être que toutes ces armes dont il est affublé l’empêchent d’aboutir à des conclusions d’une logique toute human…
Jouer de l’espadon.
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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