espérances

\ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\

/\ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“espérances” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,280
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Biens qu’on attend d’un héritage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esperances · espérances · French

espérances · rank #19,280 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #19,280
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH escadre

Nearest frequency peer: escadre (-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 « espérances »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « espérances » 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).

espérances vs espérance
90% similar

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

Key facts for espérances
PropertyValue
Headwordespérances
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,280
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « espérances »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).espérancesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « escadre » (#19,279), « exclusifs » (#19,281), « entendues » (#19,278). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « espérances » est au #19,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around espérances (IPA \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,280 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Biens qu’on attend d’un héritage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for espérances, with forms such as "epsérances", "esperances", and "esppérances". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "espérance", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is espérances, spelled E-S-P-É-R-A-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Biens qu’on attend d’un héritage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je désirerais que des peseurs-jurés de conscience examinassent quel degré de similitude il peut exister entre don Juan et les pères qui marient leurs enfants à cause des espérances ?
  2. Comme monsieur et madame de Marville commencent à peine la cinquantaine, les espérances ont quinze ou vingt ans d’échéance ; aucun garçon ne se soucie de les garder si longtemps en portefeuille […].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsérances
  • esperances
  • esppérances
  • espréances
  • espéarnces
  • espéracnes
  • espérancces
  • espérancess
  • espérancse
  • espéranecs
  • espérannces
  • espérnaces
  • espérrances
  • esspérances
  • eséprances
  • sepérances

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espérances - 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.

epsérances2esperances1esppérances1espréances2espéarnces2espéracnes2espérancces1espérancess1
Edit distance from "espérances"

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 "espérances"?
"espérances" is spelled E-S-P-É-R-A-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "espérances" mean?
As a noun, "espérances" means: Biens qu’on attend d’un héritage.
What words are commonly confused with "espérances"?
"espérances" is commonly confused with "espérance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espérances"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espérances" is \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espérances" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list