espionnes
\ɛs.pjɔn\
The verdict
“espionnes” is uncommon French (frequency #62,976 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,976
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de espionne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-espionnes · espionnes · French
espionnes · rank #62,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,976
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH estragon
Nearest frequency peer: estragon (+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 « espionnes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- engueulent
engueulent
37,030 corpus weight
- entrelacés
entrelacés
37,029 corpus weight
- entrerai
entrerai
37,028 corpus weight
- espionnes
espionnes
37,025 corpus weight
- estragon
estragon
37,024 corpus weight
- Etchebest
Etchebest
37,022 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « espionnes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espionnes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pjɔn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « espionnes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
espionnes is uncommon French at frequency #62,976 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pjɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de espionne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for espionnes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 espionnes, spelled E-S-P-I-O-N-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de espionne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how espionnes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette nouvelle génération d’espionnes, ultradéterminée, qui a redoublé d’efforts pour s’imposer, challenge aussi fortement les agents à l’ancienne.
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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