Espe
\ˈɛs.pə\
The verdict
“Espe” is uncommon French (frequency #55,264 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,264
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tremble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-espe · Espe · French
Espe · rank #55,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,264
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH escalope
Nearest frequency peer: escalope (-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 « Espe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- entérinée
entérinée
44,740 corpus weight
- escalope
escalope
44,738 corpus weight
- Espe
Espe
44,737 corpus weight
- estrades
estrades
44,736 corpus weight
- Eunice
Eunice
44,734 corpus weight
- eurosceptiq…
eurosceptiques
44,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Espe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Espe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈɛs.pə\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Espe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Espe is uncommon French at frequency #55,264 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɛs.pə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tremble.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Espe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Espe, spelled E-S-P-E.
Definition
- 1Tremble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Espe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Espe ist in Europa, Westasien und Nordafrika verbreitet.
Synonyms
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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