esplanade

\ɛs.pla.nad\

/\ɛs.pla.nad\/ noun

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The verdict

“esplanade” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,420. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,420
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace uni et découvert au-devant d’un édifice, d’une place fortifiée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-esplanade · esplanade · French

esplanade · rank #17,420 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,420
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH envoies

Nearest frequency peer: envoies (-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 « esplanade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « esplanade » 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
Key facts for esplanade
PropertyValue
Headwordesplanade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛs.pla.nad\
Letters9
Frequency rank#17,420
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « esplanade »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).esplanadese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « envoies » (#17,419), « espérais » (#17,421), « enterrée » (#17,418). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « esplanade » est au #17,420. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around esplanade (IPA \ɛs.pla.nad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,420 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Espace uni et découvert au-devant d’un édifice, d’une place fortifiée.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for esplanade, with forms such as "epslanade", "eslpanade", and "espalnade". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 esplanade, spelled E-S-P-L-A-N-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espace uni et découvert au-devant d’un édifice, d’une place fortifiée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les jeunes gens prennent l'habitude de « giberner » ensemble dans un restaurant de la rue Faber près de l’esplanade des Invalides.
  2. Ayant dit, M. de Bernage tourna les talons et se lança sur la longue esplanade plantée d’arbres qui borde la colonnade latérale de l’église.

This word in other languages

esplanade(English)explanada(Español)Platz(Deutsch)esplanada(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epslanade
  • eslpanade
  • espalnade
  • esplaande
  • esplanadde
  • esplanaed
  • esplandae
  • esplannade
  • espllanade
  • esplnaade
  • espplanade
  • essplanade
  • seplanade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

epslanade2eslpanade2espalnade2esplaande2esplanadde1esplanaed2esplandae2esplannade1
Edit distance from "esplanade"

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 "esplanade"?
"esplanade" is spelled E-S-P-L-A-N-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛs.pla.nad\.
What does "esplanade" mean?
As a noun, "esplanade" means: Espace uni et découvert au-devant d’un édifice, d’une place fortifiée.
What are common misspellings of "esplanade"?
Common misspellings include "epslanade", "eslpanade", "espalnade", "esplaande", "esplanadde". The correct spelling is "esplanade".
How do you pronounce "esplanade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esplanade" is \ɛs.pla.nad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esplanade" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

diabolique13 variantscritiquée13 variantsindiquées13 variantscicatrice13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list