espadrilles
\ɛs.pa.dʁij\
The verdict
“espadrilles” is uncommon French (frequency #52,672 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,672
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de espadrille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-espadrilles · espadrilles · French
espadrilles · rank #52,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,672
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH escarpées
Nearest frequency peer: escarpées (-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 « espadrilles »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Ente
Ente
47,333 corpus weight
- envisagerait
envisagerait
47,332 corpus weight
- equivalent
equivalent
47,331 corpus weight
- escarpées
escarpées
47,330 corpus weight
- espadrilles
espadrilles
47,329 corpus weight
- ethnicité
ethnicité
47,327 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « espadrilles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espadrilles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pa.dʁij\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « espadrilles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
espadrilles is uncommon French at frequency #52,672 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pa.dʁij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de espadrille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for espadrilles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is espadrilles, spelled E-S-P-A-D-R-I-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de espadrille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how espadrilles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous connaissez ces villas baroques, édifiées au bord de la mer, à la ressemblance d’une pagode ou d’une mosquée, d’où sort, sur le coup de dix heures du matin, une énorme commère, confidentielle et rancunière, en espadrilles et en taffetas rose, coiffée d’un chapeau canotier, sa « pêche » à crevettes à la main.
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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