esprit-renard
\ɛs.pʁi ʁə.naʁ\
The verdict
“esprit-renard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Créature du folklore asiatique d’origine chinoise, inspirée du renard, dotée de pouvoirs de métamorphose et d’illusions, capable à l’issue de longues années de vie, de devenir une entité immatériel...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esprit-renard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pʁi ʁə.naʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “esprit-renard” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
esprit-renard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pʁi ʁə.naʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Créature du folklore asiatique d’origine chinoise, inspirée du renard, dotée de pouvoirs de métamorphose et d’illusions, capable à l’issue de longues années de vie, de devenir une entité immatériel...".
esprit-renard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is esprit-renard, spelled E-S-P-R-I-T---R-E-N-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Créature du folklore asiatique d’origine chinoise, inspirée du renard, dotée de pouvoirs de métamorphose et d’illusions, capable à l’issue de longues années de vie, de devenir une entité immatérielle pouvant avoir plusieurs queues.
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Using “esprit-renard”
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- The one correct French spelling is E-S-P-R-I-T---R-E-N-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛs.pʁi ʁə.naʁ\ (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.