émérites

\e.me.ʁit\

/\e.me.ʁit\/ adj

The verdict

“émérites” is uncommon French (frequency #73,668 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,668
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de émérite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emerites · émérites · French

émérites · rank #73,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,668
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élogieuses

Nearest frequency peer: élogieuses (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « émérites »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « émérites » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émérites
PropertyValue
Headwordémérites
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.me.ʁit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « émérites » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).éméritestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « élogieuses » (#73,667), « épiscopaux » (#73,669), « électoralement » (#73,666). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émérites » est au #73,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émérites is uncommon French at frequency #73,668 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.me.ʁit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de émérite.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for émérites, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is émérites, spelled É-M-É-R-I-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de émérite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ces gaudissarts émérites se sont mesurés avec mille caprices par semaine, ils connaissent toutes les vibrations de la corde cachemire dans le cœur des femmes.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "émérites"?
"émérites" is spelled É-M-É-R-I-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.me.ʁit\.
What does "émérites" mean?
As an adjective, "émérites" means: Pluriel de émérite.
How do you pronounce "émérites"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émérites" is \e.me.ʁit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émérites" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "émérites", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list