emboiser
\ɑ̃.bwa.ze\
The verdict
“emboiser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Engager quelqu’un par des promesses, par des cajoleries, à faire ce qu’on souhaite de lui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emboiser · emboiser · French
emboiser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | emboiser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bwa.ze\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
emboiser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.bwa.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Engager quelqu’un par des promesses, par des cajoleries, à faire ce qu’on souhaite de lui.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for emboiser, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is emboiser, spelled E-M-B-O-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Engager quelqu’un par des promesses, par des cajoleries, à faire ce qu’on souhaite de lui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emboiser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais fût-elle comtesse ou baronne, cette dame ne saurait nous tirer du traquenard où nous seront tôt ou tard emboisés.' — (Honoré de Balzac, Les Proscrits, 1831)
Est-ce ma faute à moi, si madame l’emboise ?
Synonyms
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.