émeraude

/\ɛm.ʁod\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,427

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

émeraude is aFrenchnoun. It means: Minéral du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des cyclosilicates, variété de béryl, dont la couleur verte provient de traces de chrome, de vanadium et parfois de fer, et qui fait partie des pierres ... Pronounced \ɛm.ʁod\. Often confused with émeraudes.

Key facts for émeraude
PropertyValue
Headwordémeraude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛm.ʁod\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,427
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of émeraude in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for émeraude is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛm.ʁod\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,427 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for émeraude, with forms such as "emeraude", "méeraude", and "éemraude". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "émeraudes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is émeraude, spelled É-M-E-R-A-U-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Minéral du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des cyclosilicates, variété de béryl, dont la couleur verte provient de traces de chrome, de vanadium et parfois de fer, et qui fait partie des pierres précieuses.
  2. 2
    Meuble représentant la pierre précieuse du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de diamant, quartz et rubis.
  3. 3
    Genre comprenant entre 10 à 16 espèces d’oiseaux nectarivores de la sous-famille des trochilinés (colibris, etc.) caractérisés par leur plumage iridescent et extrêmement brillant où dominent l’améthyste, le cyan, le turquoise et surtout, le vert bouteille en tons métalliques, répandus dans la varzea, les bocages, les parcs et les lisières forestières de toute l’écozone néotropicale (genre Chlorostilbon).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emeraude,méeraude,éemraude,émearude,émeradue,émeraudde,émeraued,émerraude,émeruade,émmeraude,émreaude

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for émeraude

Misspelling Variants of "émeraude"

emeraude8méeraude8éemraude8émearude8émeradue8émeraudde9émeraued8émerraude9
Misspelling Variants of "émeraude"

Frequency rank: #23,427 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "émeraude"?
"émeraude" is spelled É-M-E-R-A-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛm.ʁod\.
What does "émeraude" mean?
As a noun, "émeraude" means: Minéral du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des cyclosilicates, variété de béryl, dont la couleur verte provient de traces de chrome, de vanadium et parfois de fer, et qui fait partie des pierres ...
What words are commonly confused with "émeraude"?
"émeraude" is commonly confused with "émeraudes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "émeraude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émeraude" is \ɛm.ʁod\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émeraude" come from?
"émeraude" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.