emballe
\ɑ̃.bal\
The verdict
“emballe” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,609
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emballe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “emballe” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around emballe (IPA \ɑ̃.bal\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,609 among 201,161 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for emballe, with forms such as "ebmalle", "emablle", and "embale". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "emblée", "embolie", "embelli", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is emballe, spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de emballer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de emballer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de emballer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebmalle
- emablle
- embale
- embalel
- embballe
- emblale
- emmballe
- meballe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emballe - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “emballe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-B-A-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.bal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “emblée” - see the side-by-side comparison. emballe vs emblée
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.