espions
\ɛs.pjɔ̃\
The verdict
“espions” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,167
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel d’espion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-espions · espions · French
espions · rank #13,167 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,167
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH entra
Nearest frequency peer: entra (-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 « espions »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- endettement
endettement
86,837 corpus weight
- ennemie
ennemie
86,836 corpus weight
- entra
entra
86,835 corpus weight
- espions
espions
86,834 corpus weight
- exprimée
exprimée
86,833 corpus weight
- family
family
86,832 corpus weight
What this shows « espions » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « espions »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around espions (IPA \ɛs.pjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,167 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel d’espion.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for espions, with forms such as "epsions", "esipons", and "espinos". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "étions", "estimons", "espion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 espions, spelled E-S-P-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel d’espion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how espions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Pays-Bas ont en effet affirmé jeudi 4 octobre avoir déjoué une tentative de piratage visant l’OIAC et expulsé quatre espions russes présumés qui avaient positionné un véhicule truffé d’équipements électroniques sur le parking d’un hôtel proche du siège de l’institution internationale.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epsions
- esipons
- espinos
- espionns
- espionss
- espiosn
- espoins
- esppions
- esspions
- sepions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of espions - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).