embobeliner
\ɑ̃.bɔ.bə.li.ne\
The verdict
“embobeliner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Envelopper sommairement de vêtement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embobeliner · embobeliner · French
embobeliner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | embobeliner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bɔ.bə.li.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
embobeliner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.bɔ.bə.li.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for embobeliner in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is embobeliner, spelled E-M-B-O-B-E-L-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Envelopper sommairement de vêtement.
- 2Embobiner, séduire dans le but de duper, de tromper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embobeliner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son bec-de-lièvre, mal recousu, laissait voir ses incisives, et des linges embobelinaient sa joue, tuméfiée par une énorme fluxion.
Le peintre l’a représentée, posant dans son salon, embobelinée dans une robe ample et colorée.
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.