embouchoir
\ɑ̃.bu.ʃwaʁ\
The verdict
“embouchoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Bout d’une trompette ou de tout autre instrument à vent qui se sépare de l’instrument et qu’on y adapte lorsqu’on veut en tirer des sons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embouchoir · embouchoir · French
embouchoir · 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 | embouchoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bu.ʃwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « embouchoir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
embouchoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.bu.ʃwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
embouchoir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 embouchoir, spelled E-M-B-O-U-C-H-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1Bout d’une trompette ou de tout autre instrument à vent qui se sépare de l’instrument et qu’on y adapte lorsqu’on veut en tirer des sons.
- 2Instrument de bois en forme de pied dont on se sert pour élargir les chaussures ou pour empêcher qu’elles ne se déforment.
- 3Anneau qui unit l’extrémité supérieure du fût et du canon d’une arme à feu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embouchoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On voyait qu’il avait un faible pour les vieux godillots forestiers, les seuls à bénéficier d’embouchoirs.
Synonyms
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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.