embarrer

/\ɑ̃.ba.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Language

French

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

embarrer is aFrenchverb. It means: Clore par une barre ; bloquer une porte par une barre. Pronounced \ɑ̃.ba.ʁe\.

Key facts for embarrer
PropertyValue
Headwordembarrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ba.ʁe\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

embarrer is not present in the top-100,000 ranked French corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for embarrer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.ba.ʁe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for embarrer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 embarrer, spelled E-M-B-A-R-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Clore par une barre ; bloquer une porte par une barre.
  2. 2
    Mettre une barre pour bloquer une roue et entraver la marche d'un véhicule.
  3. 3
    Faire levier avec une barre ; soulever.
  4. 4
    Soulever un affût de canon avec un levier pour ajuster la position de tir.
  5. 5
    Agir mal à propos et sans adresse sur la barre.
  6. 6
    S'embarrasser les jambes dans les barres de la stalle.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embarrer"?
"embarrer" is spelled E-M-B-A-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ba.ʁe\.
What does "embarrer" mean?
As a verb, "embarrer" means: Clore par une barre ; bloquer une porte par une barre.
How do you pronounce "embarrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embarrer" is \ɑ̃.ba.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embarrer" come from?
"embarrer" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.