emery

noun

The verdict

“emery” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,573
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-emery · emery · French

emery · rank #24,573 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,573
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH embarquée

Nearest frequency peer: embarquée (-2 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « emery »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « emery » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

emery vs émet
40% similar
emery vs ever
60% similar
emery vs émir
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for emery
PropertyValue
Headwordemery
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,573
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « emery »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.emeryse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « embarquée » (#24,571), « empêcherait » (#24,575), « enfantine » (#24,576). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emery » est au #24,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around emery, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,573 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Émeri.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for emery, with forms such as "eemry", "emerry", and "emeryy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "émet", "ever", "émir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is emery, spelled E-M-E-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Émeri.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. emery paper, papier émeri.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eemry
  • emerry
  • emeryy
  • emeyr
  • emmery
  • emrey
  • meery

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emery - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

eemry2emerry1emeryy1emeyr2emmery1emrey2meery2
Edit distance from "emery"

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 "emery"?
"emery" is spelled E-M-E-R-Y.
What does "emery" mean?
As a noun, "emery" means: Émeri.
What words are commonly confused with "emery"?
"emery" is commonly confused with "émet", "ever", "émir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "emery" come from?
"emery" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list