émeri
\ɛm.ʁi\
The verdict
“émeri” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roche composée de spinelle et de corindon finement cristallisés, associés à la magnétite ou à l’hématite, employée sous forme de poudre pour polir les pierres, les métaux le verre et le cristal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emeri · émeri · French
émeri · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | émeri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « émeri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
émeri is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛm.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for émeri, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is émeri, spelled É-M-E-R-I.
Definition
- 1Roche composée de spinelle et de corindon finement cristallisés, associés à la magnétite ou à l’hématite, employée sous forme de poudre pour polir les pierres, les métaux le verre et le cristal.
- 2Petites taches noires et dures qu’on rencontre dans certains marbres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how émeri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Polir un diamant avec de la poudre d’émeri.
Le même minerai [un minerai d’aluminium] se retrouve dans les Calabres, au Sénégal, dans l’archipel grec et dans les environs de Smyrne, où il forme l’émeri, résultat d’une altération métamorphique.
This word in other languages
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.