Évangéline

\e.vɑ̃.ʒe.lin\

/\e.vɑ̃.ʒe.lin\/ name

The verdict

“Évangéline” is uncommon French (frequency #97,601 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,601
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-evangeline · Évangéline · French

Évangéline · rank #97,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,601
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étriper

Nearest frequency peer: étriper (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Évangéline »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Évangéline » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Évangéline
PropertyValue
HeadwordÉvangéline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\e.vɑ̃.ʒe.lin\
Letters10
Frequency rank#97,601
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Évangéline » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Évangélinetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « étriper » (#97,600), « évidée » (#97,602), « éviers » (#97,603). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « Évangéline » est au #97,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Évangéline is uncommon French at frequency #97,601 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \e.vɑ̃.ʒe.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".

Évangéline doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Évangéline, spelled É-V-A-N-G-É-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Peinant à trouver un maître d’apprentissage, Coralie et Évangéline ont finalement signé un contrat avec l’entreprise blésoise Bertin Peinture. Son patron tient à faire une place aux femmes dans sa société.
  2. Ton nom c’est plus que l’Acadie, Plus que l’espoir d’une patrie Ton nom dépasse les frontières Ton nom c’est le nom de tous ceux Qui malgré qu’ils soient malheureux Croient en l’amour et qui espèrent Évangéline, Évangéline Évangéline, Évangéline

This word in other languages

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 "Évangéline"?
"Évangéline" is spelled É-V-A-N-G-É-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.vɑ̃.ʒe.lin\.
What does "Évangéline" mean?
As a proper noun, "Évangéline" means: Prénom féminin.
How do you pronounce "Évangéline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Évangéline" is \e.vɑ̃.ʒe.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list