émettent

\e.mɛt\

/\e.mɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“émettent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,897. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,897
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de émettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emettent · émettent · French

émettent · rank #20,897 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,897
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élaborés

Nearest frequency peer: élaborés (-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.

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

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

corpus weight

What this shows « émettent » 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).

émettent vs émetteur
75% similar
émettent vs émergent
75% similar
émettent vs émettant
88% similar

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

Key facts for émettent
PropertyValue
Headwordémettent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.mɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,897
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « émettent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).émettentse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « élaborés » (#20,896), « émirats » (#20,898), « écureuil » (#20,895). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émettent » est au #20,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around émettent (IPA \e.mɛt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,897 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for émettent, with forms such as "emettent", "méettent", and "éemttent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "émetteur", "émergent", "émettant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is émettent, spelled É-M-E-T-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de émettre.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de émettre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On a lieu de soupçonner que la fermentation s’est emparée des récoltes engrangées ou mises en meules, lorsqu’on s’aperçoit qu’elles émettent une chaleur qui n’est pas ordinaire : il faut alors immédiatement les dégranger ou les ôter de meule, afin de les étendre à l’air ; mais cette opération même demande à être conduite avec prudence, et il faut enlever…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emettent
  • méettent
  • éemttent
  • émetent
  • émetetnt
  • émettennt
  • émettentt
  • émettetn
  • émettnet
  • émmettent
  • émtetent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of émettent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emettent1méettent2éemttent2émetent1émetetnt2émettennt1émettentt1émettetn2
Edit distance from "émettent"

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 "émettent"?
"émettent" is spelled É-M-E-T-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mɛt\.
What does "émettent" mean?
As a verb, "émettent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de émettre.
What words are commonly confused with "émettent"?
"émettent" is commonly confused with "émetteur", "émergent", "émettant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "émettent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émettent" is \e.mɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émettent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list