embrassent
\ɑ̃.bʁas\
The verdict
“embrassent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,840
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de embrasser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embrassent · embrassent · French
embrassent · rank #22,840 · 14 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,840
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH embarcation
Nearest frequency peer: embarcation (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « embrassent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dévore
dévore
77,163 corpus weight
- embarcation
embarcation
77,162 corpus weight
- embrassent
embrassent
77,161 corpus weight
- encouragée
encouragée
77,160 corpus weight
- encours
encours
77,159 corpus weight
- endors
endors
77,158 corpus weight
What this shows « embrassent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embrassent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bʁas\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #22,840 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « embrassent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around embrassent (IPA \ɑ̃.bʁas\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,840 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for embrassent, with forms such as "ebmrassent", "embarssent", and "embbrassent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "embrasser", "embrassez", "embrasse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is embrassent, spelled E-M-B-R-A-S-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de embrasser.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de embrasser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embrassent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je retire bien les aiguilles sans décontourner préalablement le fil avec lequel ont été faits, tant dans le sens horizontal que dans le sens vertical, les huit de chiffre dont les anneaux en embrassent les bouts ; mais aussitôt qu’elles sont retirées, j’enlève toute la masse du fil.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebmrassent
- embarssent
- embbrassent
- embrasent
- embrasesnt
- embrassennt
- embrassentt
- embrassetn
- embrassnet
- embrrassent
- embrsasent
- emmbrassent
- emrbassent
- mebrassent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embrassent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).