embrèvement
\ɑ̃.bʁɛv.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“embrèvement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière d’entailler une pièce de bois, pour en rendre l’assemblage ferme avec une autre pièce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embrevement · embrèvement · French
embrèvement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | embrèvement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bʁɛv.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « embrèvement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
embrèvement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.bʁɛv.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for embrèvement in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is embrèvement, spelled E-M-B-R-È-V-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Manière d’entailler une pièce de bois, pour en rendre l’assemblage ferme avec une autre pièce.
- 2Assemblage de deux pièces de charpente qui entre elles forment un angle différent d'un angle droit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embrèvement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le plus fréquemment employé est l’assemblage à tenon et mortaise, avec embrèvement.
Synonyms
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.