embouchure
/ˈɑm.bə.ʃɚ/noun
embouchure is spelled E-M-B-O-U-C-H-U-R-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, embouchure means “The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of embouchure is embouchures.
How many letters and syllables are in embouchure?
| Letters | 10: E-M-B-O-U-C-H-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is embouchure?
Embouchure appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce embouchure?
- UK /ˌɒm.bʊˈʃʊə/
- US /ˈɑm.bə.ʃɚ/
- US /ˌɑm.bəˈʃʊɹ/
Embouchure has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-embouchure.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of embouchure
- embouchures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does embouchure mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
- 2
archaicThe mouth of a river or valley.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Embouchure in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrumen:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | embouchure |
| German | Ansatz |
| Portuguese | embocadura |
| Spanish | embocadura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does embouchure come from?
From French embouchure, from emboucher (“to put in one’s mouth”), from en- (“in”) + bouche (“mouth”), from Latin bucca (“cheek”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).