emboucaner
\ɑ̃.bu.ka.ne\
The verdict
“emboucaner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - S’obscurcir ou se couvrir, en parlant du ciel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emboucaner · emboucaner · French
emboucaner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | emboucaner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bu.ka.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
emboucaner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.bu.ka.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for emboucaner, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is emboucaner, spelled E-M-B-O-U-C-A-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1S’obscurcir ou se couvrir, en parlant du ciel.
- 2Noircir, obscurcir ; encombrer.
- 3S’ennuyer.
- 4Puer ; empester.
- 5Correspond à flétrir la réputation.
- 6Prendre la tête ; engrainer.
- 7S’emmêler les pinceaux, s’induire en erreur.
- 8Irriter ; énerver.
- 9Escroquer, abuser , tromper, enfumer, se fâcher.
- 10Ensorceler ; envoûter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emboucaner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et quand Alissa était triste, sa prunelle s'assombrissait comme un paysage sous un ciel qui s'emboucane.
Les nuages envahissent alors le ciel qui s'emboucane, puis se colore de feu. Les changements s'effectuent à très grande vitesse, comme sous l'action d'un vent violent.
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.