simple d’esprit
\sɛ̃pl d‿ɛs.pʁi\
The verdict
“simple d’esprit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont l'esprit est sans artifice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-simple-d-esprit · simple d’esprit · French
simple d’esprit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | simple d’esprit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛ̃pl d‿ɛs.pʁi\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
simple d’esprit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛ̃pl d‿ɛs.pʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
simple d’esprit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is simple d’esprit, spelled S-I-M-P-L-E- -D-’-E-S-P-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1Dont l'esprit est sans artifice.
- 2Qui manque de puissance intellectuelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how simple d’esprit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques pâtres grossiers, des poètes enfants, Plus forts que la science et ses bras étouffants, Doux et simples d’esprit, seuls devinent encore L’ensemble harmonieux du monde qui s’ignore, De la terre et du ciel la secrète union, Et les liens cachés de la création.
Elle toucha la hampe du drapeau et, pour tout remerciement, elle dit d’une voix suppliante : — Donnez-le-moi, je le porterai. Les ouvriers, simples d’esprit, comprirent le côté naïvement sublime de ce remerciement.
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.