embêtement
\ɑ̃.bɛt.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“embêtement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’embêter ou résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embetement · embêtement · French
embêtement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embêtement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bɛt.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « embêtement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
embêtement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.bɛt.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’embêter ou résultat de cette action.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for embêtement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is embêtement, spelled E-M-B-Ê-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d’embêter ou résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embêtement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Monsieur Froment, finit par dire Salvat, debout, timide et gêné, cela m’a fait bien de la peine, quand on m’a dit l’embêtement où je vous ai mis, car je n’oublierai jamais que vous avez été bon pour moi, un jour que tout le monde me jetait à la porte…
Car l'embêtement pour Athalie, c'est que c'est toujours Eliacin, l'embêtant pour Hérode, c'est que c'est toujours la Sainte Famille qui échappe»,— écrivais-je en 1910.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.