embrun
\ɑ̃.bʁœ̃\
The verdict
“embrun” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,268
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluie fine que forme ou que projette la vague en déferlant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embrun · embrun · French
embrun · rank #38,268 · 9 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,268
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH embrassait
Nearest frequency peer: embrassait (-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 « embrun »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- effluves
effluves
61,736 corpus weight
- embarquez
embarquez
61,735 corpus weight
- embrassait
embrassait
61,734 corpus weight
- embrun
embrun
61,733 corpus weight
- emplettes
emplettes
61,732 corpus weight
- emportait
emportait
61,731 corpus weight
What this shows « embrun » 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 | embrun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.bʁœ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #38,268 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « embrun »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around embrun (IPA \ɑ̃.bʁœ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,268 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for embrun, with forms such as "ebmrun", "embbrun", and "embrnu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "emprunt", "embryon", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is embrun, spelled E-M-B-R-U-N.
Definition
- 1Pluie fine que forme ou que projette la vague en déferlant.
- 2Crachin, fine pluie de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embrun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jasper Hobson regarda à travers les embruns qui passaient au-dessus de lui comme des nappes liquides.
Il fallait le voir, debout à la barre, sa figure sombre frappée par les embruns, enlever sa chaloupe qui se cabrait sur la houle.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebmrun
- embbrun
- embrnu
- embrrun
- embrunn
- emburn
- emmbrun
- emrbun
- mebrun
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embrun - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "embrun", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).