embarquaient
\ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ\
The verdict
“embarquaient” is uncommon French (frequency #91,644 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,644
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de embarquer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embarquaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #91,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “embarquaient” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
embarquaient is uncommon French at frequency #91,644 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de embarquer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for embarquaient, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 embarquaient, spelled E-M-B-A-R-Q-U-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de embarquer.
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 “embarquaient”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-B-A-R-Q-U-A-I-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.baʁ.kɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.