embellis
\ɑ̃.be.li\
The verdict
“embellis” is uncommon French (frequency #81,991 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,991
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de embellir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embellis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.be.li\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “embellis” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
embellis is uncommon French at frequency #81,991 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.be.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for embellis, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is embellis, spelled E-M-B-E-L-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de embellir.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de embellir.
- 3Première personne du singulier du passé simple de embellir.
- 4Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de embellir.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de embellir.
- 6Masculin pluriel du participe passé de embellir.
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 “embellis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-B-E-L-L-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.be.li\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.