embourber
\ɑ̃.buʁ.be\
The verdict
“embourber” is uncommon French (frequency #89,667 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,667
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre dans un bourbier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embourber · embourber · French
embourber · rank #89,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,667
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH embaumer
Nearest frequency peer: embaumer (-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 « embourber »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Eiger
Eiger
10,338 corpus weight
- Ekman
Ekman
10,337 corpus weight
- embaumer
embaumer
10,335 corpus weight
- embourber
embourber
10,334 corpus weight
- embêtes
embêtes
10,333 corpus weight
- Empédocle
Empédocle
10,331 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « embourber » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embourber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.buʁ.be\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « embourber » en français
Rare enough to double-check
embourber is uncommon French at frequency #89,667 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.buʁ.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for embourber, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is embourber, spelled E-M-B-O-U-R-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre dans un bourbier.
- 2Engager quelqu’un, si avant dans une mauvaise affaire, qu’il ne peut s’en tirer que difficilement.
- 3Se mettre dans la bourbe.
- 4Assumer les conséquences d’une mauvaise affaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embourber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chauffeur a embourbé son tracteur.
— Je suis avec le gros camion, ça passerait trop juste, et je risque de m’embourber.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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