Espagne
\ɛs.paɲ\
The verdict
“Espagne” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,111 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #1,111
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pays de la péninsule ibérique, bordé au nord-est par la France et Andorre, au nord et au nord-ouest par l’océan Atlantique Nord, à l’ouest par le Portugal et au sud et au sud-est par la mer Méditer...
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 | Espagne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.paɲ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Espagne” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Espagne is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.paɲ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,111 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pays de la péninsule ibérique, bordé au nord-est par la France et Andorre, au nord et au nord-ouest par l’océan Atlantique Nord, à l’ouest par le Portugal et au sud et au sud-est par la mer Méditer...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Espagne, with forms such as "epsagne", "esapgne", and "espagen". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "España", "espagnol", "espagnole", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Espagne, spelled E-S-P-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Pays de la péninsule ibérique, bordé au nord-est par la France et Andorre, au nord et au nord-ouest par l’océan Atlantique Nord, à l’ouest par le Portugal et au sud et au sud-est par la mer Méditerranée, et dont la capitale est Madrid.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epsagne,esapgne,espagen,espaggne,espagnne,espange,espgane,esppagne,esspagne,sepagne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Espagne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Espagne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-S-P-A-G-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛs.paɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “España” - see the side-by-side comparison. Espagne vs España
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.