emballant
\ɑ̃.ba.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“emballant” is uncommon French (frequency #92,691 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,691
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est intéressant, excitant, attrayant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emballant · emballant · French
emballant · rank #92,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,691
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emmenèrent
Nearest frequency peer: emmenèrent (+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 « emballant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- eidos
eidos
7,315 corpus weight
- eighties
eighties
7,314 corpus weight
- emballant
emballant
7,310 corpus weight
- emmenèrent
emmenèrent
7,309 corpus weight
- enchaînez
enchaînez
7,307 corpus weight
- endura
endura
7,306 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « emballant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emballant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ba.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « emballant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
emballant is uncommon French at frequency #92,691 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.ba.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est intéressant, excitant, attrayant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for emballant in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is emballant, spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est intéressant, excitant, attrayant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emballant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Disons enfin que, sous la direction de l'auteur lui-même, le jeune Henri Marteau a, de nouveau, exécuté, aux applaudissements du public, le concerto de violon — pas très « emballant », avouons-le — que lui a dédié M. Théodore Dubois.
… il ne faut pas se surprendre que les citoyens cherchent ailleurs des leaders, des politiciens inspirants, des projets personnels et des orientations emballantes pour la société.
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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