ex-époux
\ɛk.se.pu\
The verdict
“ex-époux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien époux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ex-epoux · ex-époux · French
ex-époux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ex-époux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.se.pu\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ex-époux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.se.pu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancien époux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ex-époux in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 ex-époux, spelled E-X---É-P-O-U-X.
Definition
- 1Ancien époux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ex-époux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grands amis à la ville, Julia Roberts et George Clooney jouent des ex-époux dans Ticket to Paradise.
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.