esprit de corps
\ɛs.pʁi də kɔʁ\
The verdict
“esprit de corps” 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
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Attachement des membres d’un groupe aux opinions, aux droits, aux intérêts du groupe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esprit de corps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pʁi də kɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esprit de corps” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for esprit de corps is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛs.pʁi də kɔʁ\. 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: "Attachement des membres d’un groupe aux opinions, aux droits, aux intérêts du groupe.".
esprit de corps doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is esprit de corps, spelled E-S-P-R-I-T- -D-E- -C-O-R-P-S.
Definition
- 1Attachement des membres d’un groupe aux opinions, aux droits, aux intérêts du groupe.
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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 de corps”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-S-P-R-I-T- -D-E- -C-O-R-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛs.pʁi də kɔʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.