émeri

\ɛm.ʁi\

/\ɛm.ʁi\/ noun

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.

Key facts for émeri
PropertyValue
Headwordémeri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛm.ʁi\
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « émeri » en français

émerisiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Petites taches noires et dures qu’on rencontre dans certains marbres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how émeri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Polir un diamant avec de la poudre d’émeri.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "émeri"?
"émeri" is spelled É-M-E-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛm.ʁi\.
What does "émeri" mean?
As a noun, "émeri" means: 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.
How do you pronounce "émeri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émeri" is \ɛm.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émeri" come from?
"émeri" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list