émerillon
\ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃\
The verdict
“émerillon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de faucon émerillon (oiseau).
Corpus desk
Index FR-emerillon · émerillon · French
émerillon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | émerillon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « émerillon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
émerillon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛm.ʁi.jɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
émerillon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 émerillon, spelled É-M-E-R-I-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de faucon émerillon (oiseau).
- 2Meuble représentant le faucon du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de aiglat, aigle, aiglette, aiglettes, aiglons, épervier, faucon, gerfaut et vautour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how émerillon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’azur à une fasce ondée d’argent accompagnée de trois émerillons d’or chaperonnés et grilletés de gueule deux en chef et un en pointe, qui est de la commune de Beausse du Maine-et-Loire → voir illustration « armoiries avec 3 émerillons »
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.