espagnol

\ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\

/\ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\/ adj

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The verdict

“espagnol” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,040
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à l’Espagne, ses habitants, sa culture, sa langue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-espagnol · espagnol · French

espagnol · rank #2,040 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,040
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emplois

Nearest frequency peer: emplois (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « espagnol »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « espagnol » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

espagnol vs español
75% similar
espagnol vs espanyol
75% similar
espagnol vs espagnole
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for espagnol
PropertyValue
Headwordespagnol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,040
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « espagnol »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).espagnolse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « emplois » (#2,039), « faim » (#2,041), « démocratie » (#2,038). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « espagnol » est au #2,040. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around espagnol (IPA \ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,040 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for espagnol, with forms such as "epsagnol", "esapgnol", and "espaggnol". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "español", "espanyol", "espagnole", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is espagnol, spelled E-S-P-A-G-N-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à l’Espagne, ses habitants, sa culture, sa langue.
  2. 2
    Relatif à Montigny-le-Guesdier, commune française située dans le département de la Seine-et-Marne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà pourquoi la Haute-Saintonge a toujours attiré des populations venues d’ailleurs, défricheurs poitevins, tâcherons auvergnats, éleveurs vendéens, résiniers landoux ou réfugiés espagnols.
  2. Je trouvais que cette Athalie de Cuba était trop emphatique, qu’elle manquait d’expression, et parlait le français comme une… fauvette espagnole.

This word in other languages

Spanish(English)español(Español)spanisch(Deutsch)espanhol(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsagnol
  • esapgnol
  • espaggnol
  • espagnlo
  • espagnnol
  • espagnoll
  • espagonl
  • espangol
  • espganol
  • esppagnol
  • esspagnol
  • sepagnol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espagnol - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epsagnol2esapgnol2espaggnol1espagnlo2espagnnol1espagnoll1espagonl2espangol2
Edit distance from "espagnol"

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 "espagnol"?
"espagnol" is spelled E-S-P-A-G-N-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\.
What does "espagnol" mean?
As an adjective, "espagnol" means: Relatif à l’Espagne, ses habitants, sa culture, sa langue.
What words are commonly confused with "espagnol"?
"espagnol" is commonly confused with "español", "espanyol", "espagnole". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espagnol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espagnol" is \ɛs.pa.ɲɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espagnol" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

véhicule12 variantsAllemands12 variantsnourriture12 variantsmédecine12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list