émaner

\e.ma.ne\

/\e.ma.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“émaner” is uncommon French (frequency #62,006 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,006
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dégager par particules impondérables d’un corps dont la substance n’en est ni diminuée, ni altérée sensiblement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emaner · émaner · French

émaner · rank #62,006 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,006
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élaborant

Nearest frequency peer: élaborant (-2 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 « émaner »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « émaner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émaner
PropertyValue
Headwordémaner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.ma.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,006
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « émaner » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.émanertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « élaborant » (#62,004), « épicurien » (#62,008), « éjectée » (#62,003). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émaner » est au #62,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émaner is uncommon French at frequency #62,006 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ma.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for émaner in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is émaner, spelled É-M-A-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dégager par particules impondérables d’un corps dont la substance n’en est ni diminuée, ni altérée sensiblement.
  2. 2
    Provenir de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Engendrer, produire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how émaner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les phéromones émanent de glandes exocrines.
  2. Certains corpuscules qui émanent des corps odorants provoquent les odeurs.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "émaner"?
"émaner" is spelled É-M-A-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ma.ne\.
What does "émaner" mean?
As a verb, "émaner" means: Se dégager par particules impondérables d’un corps dont la substance n’en est ni diminuée, ni altérée sensiblement.
How do you pronounce "émaner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émaner" is \e.ma.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émaner" come from?
"émaner" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "émaner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list