esprit chagrin
\ɛs.pʁi ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“esprit chagrin” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne volontairement contrariante.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esprit chagrin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pʁi ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esprit chagrin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for esprit chagrin is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.pʁi ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Personne volontairement contrariante.".
No misspelling variants are generated for esprit chagrin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is esprit chagrin, spelled E-S-P-R-I-T- -C-H-A-G-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Personne volontairement contrariante.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “esprit chagrin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-S-P-R-I-T- -C-H-A-G-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.