expédients
\ɛk.spe.djɑ̃\
The verdict
“expédients” is uncommon French (frequency #80,193 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,193
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de expédient.
Corpus desk
Index FR-expedients · expédients · French
expédients · rank #80,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,193
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exhume
Nearest frequency peer: exhume (-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 « expédients »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- exaucée
exaucée
19,811 corpus weight
- excellences
excellences
19,810 corpus weight
- exhume
exhume
19,809 corpus weight
- expédients
expédients
19,808 corpus weight
- fabriquera
fabriquera
19,806 corpus weight
- farfadet
farfadet
19,805 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « expédients » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expédients |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛk.spe.djɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « expédients » en français
Rare enough to double-check
expédients is uncommon French at frequency #80,193 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛk.spe.djɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de expédient.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for expédients, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is expédients, spelled E-X-P-É-D-I-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de expédient.
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.
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