espèrent

\ɛs.pɛʁ\

/\ɛs.pɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“espèrent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,373
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de espérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esperent · espèrent · French

espèrent · rank #15,373 · 13 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,373
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH escrime

Nearest frequency peer: escrime (-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 « espèrent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « espèrent » 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).

espèrent vs espérer
63% similar
espèrent vs espérez
63% similar
espèrent vs espères
75% similar

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

Key facts for espèrent
PropertyValue
Headwordespèrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛs.pɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,373
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « espèrent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.espèrentse 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 « escrime » (#15,372), « estimait » (#15,374), « European » (#15,375). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « espèrent » est au #15,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around espèrent (IPA \ɛs.pɛʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,373 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for espèrent, with forms such as "epsèrent", "esperent", and "esppèrent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "espérer", "espérez", "espères", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 espèrent, spelled E-S-P-È-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de espérer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de espérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bien préparés avant la course de nuit de jeudi soir, ils espèrent arriver bien placés à Loctudy.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epsèrent
  • esperent
  • esppèrent
  • esprèent
  • espèernt
  • espèrennt
  • espèrentt
  • espèretn
  • espèrnet
  • espèrrent
  • esspèrent
  • esèprent
  • sepèrent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espèrent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

epsèrent2esperent1esppèrent1esprèent2espèernt2espèrennt1espèrentt1espèretn2
Edit distance from "espèrent"

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 "espèrent"?
"espèrent" is spelled E-S-P-È-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.pɛʁ\.
What does "espèrent" mean?
As a verb, "espèrent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de espérer.
What words are commonly confused with "espèrent"?
"espèrent" is commonly confused with "espérer", "espérez", "espères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "espèrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espèrent" is \ɛs.pɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espèrent" come from?
"espèrent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

estimait#15,374European#15,375exotique#15,377factions#15,378

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

engendrer13 variantseffectuent13 variantsdétaillées13 variantsfragment13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list