émanaient
\e.ma.nɛ\
The verdict
“émanaient” is uncommon French (frequency #82,604 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,604
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de émaner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emanaient · émanaient · French
émanaient · rank #82,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,604
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH électrophorèse
Nearest frequency peer: électrophorèse (-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 « émanaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- échut
échut
17,400 corpus weight
- électroacou…
électroacoustique
17,399 corpus weight
- électrophor…
électrophorèse
17,398 corpus weight
- émanaient
émanaient
17,397 corpus weight
- émiettement
émiettement
17,396 corpus weight
- épiphane
épiphane
17,395 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « émanaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | émanaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ma.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « émanaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
émanaient is uncommon French at frequency #82,604 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ma.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de émaner.".
émanaient has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is émanaient, spelled É-M-A-N-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de émaner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how émanaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle n’entendait que le léger roulement des flammes qui émanaient de sa voiture.
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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