emballer

/\ɑ̃.ba.le\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,303

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

emballer is aFrenchverb. It means: Mettre en balle des objets en vue du transport. Pronounced \ɑ̃.ba.le\. Often confused with embellir and emballe.

Key facts for emballer
PropertyValue
Headwordemballer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ba.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,303
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of emballer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for emballer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ba.le\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,303 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for emballer, with forms such as "ebmaller", "emabller", and "embalelr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "embellir", "emballe", "emballée", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is emballer, spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en balle des objets en vue du transport.
  2. 2
    Faire partir quelqu’un en voiture, ou le voir monter en voiture pour un voyage.
  3. 3
    Ravir de surprise, d’admiration ; entraîner.
  4. 4
    Séduire, pour amener au flirt.
  5. 5
    S'emporter et ne pouvoir plus être retenu, en parlant d'un cheval qui prend le mors aux dents
  6. 6
    S'accélérer, hors de tout contrôle, en parlant d'une machine qui ne peut plus être arrêtée.
  7. 7
    S’exalter d’une façon irréfléchie et excessive pour ou contre quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Accepter la proposition de couleur d'un autre joueur.
  9. 9
    Appréhender et conduire en prison.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ebmaller,emabller,embalelr,embaler,emballerr,emballre,embballer,emblaler,emmballer,meballer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for emballer

Misspelling Variants of "emballer"

ebmaller8emabller8embalelr8embaler7emballerr9emballre8embballer9emblaler8
Misspelling Variants of "emballer"

Frequency rank: #21,303 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emballer"?
"emballer" is spelled E-M-B-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ba.le\.
What does "emballer" mean?
As a verb, "emballer" means: Mettre en balle des objets en vue du transport.
What words are commonly confused with "emballer"?
"emballer" is commonly confused with "embellir", "emballe", "emballée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emballer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emballer" is \ɑ̃.ba.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emballer" come from?
"emballer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.