émaner
\e.ma.ne\
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
- égalités
égalités
37,999 corpus weight
- éjectée
éjectée
37,998 corpus weight
- élaborant
élaborant
37,997 corpus weight
- émaner
émaner
37,995 corpus weight
- épicurien
épicurien
37,993 corpus weight
- établissons
établissons
37,992 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « émaner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | émaner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ma.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,006 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « émaner » en français
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
- 1Se dégager par particules impondérables d’un corps dont la substance n’en est ni diminuée, ni altérée sensiblement.
- 2Provenir de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
- 3Engendrer, produire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how émaner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les phéromones émanent de glandes exocrines.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).