embardée

\ɑ̃.baʁ.de\

/\ɑ̃.baʁ.de\/ noun

The verdict

“embardée” is an uncommon French word, ranked #75,651 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#75,651
frequency rank, French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mouvement brusque de translation transversale imprimé à un navire, produit soit par une rafale de vent, soit par une lame, soit par un coup de barre.

Key facts for embardée
PropertyValue
Headwordembardée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.baʁ.de\
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,651
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “embardée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). embardée lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for embardée is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.baʁ.de\. Corpus data places it at rank #75,651 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for embardée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is embardée, spelled E-M-B-A-R-D-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement brusque de translation transversale imprimé à un navire, produit soit par une rafale de vent, soit par une lame, soit par un coup de barre.
  2. 2
    Mouvement brusque que fait un véhicule suite à une perte de contrôle, ou par écart volontaire du conducteur pour éviter un obstacle.
  3. 3
    Écart de conduite.
  4. 4
    Écart brusque.
  5. 5
    Incident qui survient parfois lors de la séparation de deux étages d’un lanceur et qui consiste en une impulsion communiquée par l’une des parties à l’autre dans une direction différente de celle de la séparation.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embardée"?
"embardée" is spelled E-M-B-A-R-D-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.baʁ.de\.
What does "embardée" mean?
As a noun, "embardée" means: Mouvement brusque de translation transversale imprimé à un navire, produit soit par une rafale de vent, soit par une lame, soit par un coup de barre.
How do you pronounce "embardée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embardée" is \ɑ̃.baʁ.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embardée" come from?
"embardée" 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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Using “embardée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-M-B-A-R-D-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɑ̃.baʁ.de\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list