embraye
\ɑ̃.bʁɛj\
The verdict
“embraye” is uncommon French (frequency #84,753 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,753
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de embrayer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embraye · embraye · French
embraye · rank #84,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,753
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH embrassais
Nearest frequency peer: embrassais (-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 « embraye »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- embouteillée
embouteillée
15,251 corpus weight
- embrasent
embrasent
15,250 corpus weight
- embrassais
embrassais
15,249 corpus weight
- embraye
embraye
15,248 corpus weight
- embrouillent
embrouillent
15,247 corpus weight
- enclencheme…
enclenchement
15,245 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « embraye » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embraye |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bʁɛj\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « embraye » en français
Rare enough to double-check
embraye is uncommon French at frequency #84,753 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.bʁɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
embraye doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is embraye, spelled E-M-B-R-A-Y-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de embrayer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de embrayer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de embrayer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de embrayer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de embrayer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embraye appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Les gens prennent des animaux sans réfléchir, ils n’ont pas assez conscience de l’investissement que représente l’adoption », embraye Isabelle Dutrenit, secrétaire générale.
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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