embûches
\ɑ̃.byʃ\
The verdict
“embûches” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,005. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,005
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de embûche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-embuches · embûches · French
embûches · rank #31,005 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,005
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emblèmes
Nearest frequency peer: emblèmes (-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 « embûches »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- eBook
eBook
68,999 corpus weight
- emblèmes
emblèmes
68,997 corpus weight
- embûches
embûches
68,996 corpus weight
- Engels
Engels
68,993 corpus weight
- engine
engine
68,992 corpus weight
- entassés
entassés
68,991 corpus weight
What this shows « embûches » 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 | embûches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.byʃ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « embûches »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around embûches (IPA \ɑ̃.byʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,005 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de embûche.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for embûches, with forms such as "ebmûches", "embbûches", and "embcûhes". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "embauché", "embaucher", "embauches", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is embûches, spelled E-M-B-Û-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de embûche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embûches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les pures, fières de leur royauté virginale, de leur couronne d’inconquis, ne comprirent pas que suivre les Regards doublerait au lieu de défleuronner leur diadème ; elles avaient, d’ailleurs, peur des franchises, et marchaient la tête haute d’orgueil, sans voir les bas pièges du Mensonge, lequel les enveloppait de flatteries, d’embûches, et les réduisait…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebmûches
- embbûches
- embcûhes
- embuches
- embûcches
- embûcehs
- embûchess
- embûchhes
- embûchse
- embûhces
- emmbûches
- emûbches
- mebûches
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embûches - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).