embêter
\ɑ̃.be.te\
The verdict
“embêter” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,781
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causer un tort ou du souci.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embeter · embêter · French
embêter · rank #13,781 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,781
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH Elvis
Nearest frequency peer: Elvis (-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 « embêter »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- détruites
détruites
86,224 corpus weight
- Elsa
Elsa
86,222 corpus weight
- Elvis
Elvis
86,221 corpus weight
- embêter
embêter
86,220 corpus weight
- empare
empare
86,219 corpus weight
- enrichi
enrichi
86,218 corpus weight
What this shows « embêter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embêter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.be.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « embêter »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around embêter (IPA \ɑ̃.be.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,781 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for embêter, with forms such as "ebmêter", "embbêter", and "embeter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Exeter", "emmener", "empiéter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is embêter, spelled E-M-B-Ê-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Causer un tort ou du souci.
- 2Énerver, importuner quelqu’un.
- 3Causer un souci, rendre perplexe, indécis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embêter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’habitude des parents qui « larguent » leurs enfants devant l’école au dernier moment « embêtait » particulièrement la mairie.
Tu m’embête à la fin!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebmêter
- embbêter
- embeter
- embtêer
- embêetr
- embêterr
- embêtre
- embêtter
- emmbêter
- emêbter
- mebêter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embêter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).