Eugène

\ø.ʒɛn\

/\ø.ʒɛn\/ name

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The verdict

“Eugène” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,543
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-eugene · Eugène · French

Eugène · rank #8,543 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,543
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH entrant

Nearest frequency peer: entrant (-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 « Eugène »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Eugène » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Eugène vs Eupen
50% similar
Eugène vs eurent
33% similar
Eugène vs Eusèbe
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Eugène
PropertyValue
HeadwordEugène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ø.ʒɛn\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,543
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Eugène »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Eugènese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « entrant » (#8,542), « fast » (#8,544), « enrichir » (#8,541). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Eugène » est au #8,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Eugène (IPA \ø.ʒɛn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,543 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Eugène, with forms such as "eguène", "eugene", and "euggène". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Eupen", "eurent", "Eusèbe", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Eugène, spelled E-U-G-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À cette époque, l’aîné, Eugène, avait près de quarante ans. C’était un garçon de taille moyenne, légèrement chauve, tournant déjà à l’obésité.
  2. — Vous ne pouvez pas épouser un Eugène Duthoit. D’abord, « Eugène », c’est un nom ridicule !

This word in other languages

Eugene(English)Eugenio(Español)Eugen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eguène
  • eugene
  • euggène
  • eugnèe
  • eugèen
  • eugènne
  • euègne
  • uegène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Eugène - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

eguène2eugene1euggène1eugnèe2eugèen2eugènne1euègne2uegène2
Edit distance from "Eugène"

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 "Eugène"?
"Eugène" is spelled E-U-G-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ø.ʒɛn\.
What does "Eugène" mean?
As a proper noun, "Eugène" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Eugène"?
"Eugène" is commonly confused with "Eupen", "eurent", "Eusèbe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Eugène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eugène" is \ø.ʒɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eugène" come from?
"Eugène" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list