emboîter

\ɑ̃.bwa.te\

/\ɑ̃.bwa.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“emboîter” is uncommon French (frequency #59,257 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,257
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enchâsser une chose dans une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emboiter · emboîter · French

emboîter · rank #59,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,257
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH embarqua

Nearest frequency peer: embarqua (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « emboîter »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « emboîter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for emboîter
PropertyValue
Headwordemboîter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.bwa.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « emboîter » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).emboîtertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « embarqua » (#59,256), « encablures » (#59,258), « efforcera » (#59,255). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emboîter » est au #59,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

emboîter is uncommon French at frequency #59,257 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.bwa.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for emboîter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is emboîter, spelled E-M-B-O-Î-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enchâsser une chose dans une autre.
  2. 2
    Assembler les unes dans les autres les pièces de menuiserie et d’autres ouvrages de bois ou de métal.
  3. 3
    Suivre de très près.
  4. 4
    Se moquer de quelqu’un.
  5. 5
    Mettre en boîte, en salle de police.
  6. 6
    Pénétrer sexuellement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how emboîter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les picadores, désarçonnés, alourdis par la garniture de fer de leurs bottes, ne peuvent guère plus remuer que les anciens chevaliers emboîtés dans leurs armures.
  2. Le palais de Charles-Quint, grand monument de la renaissance qu’on admirerait partout ailleurs, mais que l’on maudit ici, lorsqu’on songe qu’il couvre une égale étendue de l’Alhambra renversée exprès pour emboîter sa lourde masse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emboîter"?
"emboîter" is spelled E-M-B-O-Î-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.bwa.te\.
What does "emboîter" mean?
As a verb, "emboîter" means: Enchâsser une chose dans une autre.
How do you pronounce "emboîter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emboîter" is \ɑ̃.bwa.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emboîter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "emboîter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

embarqua#59,256dévisser#59,250envenime#59,264détrompe#59,245

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list