emballe

\ɑ̃.bal\

/\ɑ̃.bal\/ verb

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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
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emballe · emballe · French

emballe · rank #21,609 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,609
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH dîners

Nearest frequency peer: dîners (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « emballe »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « emballe » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

emballe vs emblée
71% similar
emballe vs embolie
71% similar
emballe vs embelli
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for emballe
PropertyValue
Headwordemballe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.bal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,609
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « emballe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).emballese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dîners » (#21,608), « détend » (#21,607), « emprunteur » (#21,611). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emballe » est au #21,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around emballe (IPA \ɑ̃.bal\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,609 among 3,255 “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

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de emballer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de emballer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de emballer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les commerçants en gros et leurs garçons, les employés, les gens de la petite banque et de grande probité, les fripons, les âmes damnées, les premiers et les derniers commis, les clercs de l’huissier, de l’avoué, du notaire, enfin les membres agissants, pensants, spéculants de cette petite bourgeoisie qui triture les intérêts de Paris et veille à son grai…

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.

ebmalle2emablle2embale1embalel2embballe1emblale2emmballe1meballe2
Edit distance from "emballe"

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 "emballe"?
"emballe" is spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.bal\.
What does "emballe" mean?
As a verb, "emballe" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer.
What words are commonly confused with "emballe"?
"emballe" is commonly confused with "emblée", "embolie", "embelli". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emballe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emballe" is \ɑ̃.bal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emballe" come from?
"emballe" 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 "emballe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

deluxe8 variantscrocs8 variantscigare8 variantsBrooke8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list