embarquer

\ɑ̃.baʁ.ke\

/\ɑ̃.baʁ.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“embarquer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,823. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,823
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre dans une barque, dans un navire, dans un vaisseau, en parlant des hommes, des armes, des vivres, des marchandises, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-embarquer · embarquer · French

embarquer · rank #9,823 · 13 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,823
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eiffel

Nearest frequency peer: Eiffel (-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 « embarquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « embarquer » 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).

embarquer vs embarqués
78% similar
embarquer vs embarquez
89% similar
embarquer vs embarque
89% similar

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

Key facts for embarquer
PropertyValue
Headwordembarquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.baʁ.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,823
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « embarquer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).embarquerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Eiffel » (#9,822), « enterrement » (#9,825), « détective » (#9,820). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « embarquer » est au #9,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around embarquer (IPA \ɑ̃.baʁ.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,823 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for embarquer, with forms such as "ebmarquer", "emabrquer", and "embaqruer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "embarqués", "embarquez", "embarque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 embarquer, spelled E-M-B-A-R-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre dans une barque, dans un navire, dans un vaisseau, en parlant des hommes, des armes, des vivres, des marchandises, etc.
  2. 2
    Faire monter dans un véhicule ou sur quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Arrêter quelqu'un.
  4. 4
    Laisser entrer de l’eau, en parlant d’un bateau, ou de l’eau qui entre dans le bateau.
  5. 5
    Entrer dans un vaisseau ou dans quelque autre bâtiment pour faire route.
  6. 6
    S’engager à quelque chose, ou dans une affaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jean Donnard et Pierre Kerhuon embarquaient les filets dans la chaloupe, amarrée au quai, près de la cale qu’ensanglantaient des débris de poissons fraîchement éventrés.
  2. […], nous embarquâmes des explosifs, des munitions, des vêtements chauds et une année de vivres.

Antonyms

débarquer

This word in other languages

embark(English)embarcar(Español)embarcar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ebmarquer
  • emabrquer
  • embaqruer
  • embarqeur
  • embarqquer
  • embarquerr
  • embarqure
  • embarrquer
  • embaruqer
  • embbarquer
  • embraquer
  • emmbarquer
  • mebarquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embarquer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ebmarquer2emabrquer2embaqruer2embarqeur2embarqquer1embarquerr1embarqure2embarrquer1
Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embarquer"?
"embarquer" is spelled E-M-B-A-R-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.baʁ.ke\.
What does "embarquer" mean?
As a verb, "embarquer" means: Mettre dans une barque, dans un navire, dans un vaisseau, en parlant des hommes, des armes, des vivres, des marchandises, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "embarquer"?
"embarquer" is commonly confused with "embarqués", "embarquez", "embarque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "embarquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embarquer" is \ɑ̃.baʁ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embarquer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "embarquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

détective#9,820Deschamps#9,813contrôlée#9,807contester#9,806

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

gentillesse13 variantsimpliquer13 variantscavaliers13 variantsIndonésie13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list