émeute

\e.møt\

/\e.møt\/ noun

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The verdict

“émeute” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,505
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tumulte séditieux, soulèvement dans la foule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emeute · émeute · French

émeute · rank #12,505 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,505
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élégante

Nearest frequency peer: élégante (-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 « émeute »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « émeute » 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).

émeute vs émue
67% similar
émeute vs émeutes
86% similar
émeute vs émet
67% similar

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

Key facts for émeute
PropertyValue
Headwordémeute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.møt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,505
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « émeute »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « élégante » (#12,504), « érosion » (#12,506), « élargissement » (#12,503). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émeute » est au #12,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around émeute (IPA \e.møt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,505 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for émeute, with forms such as "emeute", "méeute", and "éemute". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "émue", "émeutes", "émet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is émeute, spelled É-M-E-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tumulte séditieux, soulèvement dans la foule.
  2. 2
    Manifestation violente et spontanée résultant d’une émotion collective.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je sais bien que, quand on examine les circonstances de telle émeute particulière, excitée par la disette réelle ou factice des blés, on reconnait quelquefois l’influence d’une cause étrangère.
  2. Chaque mois amenait une nouvelle émeute. On s'insurgeait à Lyon et à Grenoble. […]. On vivait dans un perpétuel qui-vive.

Synonyms

émotion

This word in other languages

riot(English)motín(Español)Aufruhr(Deutsch)rebelião(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emeute
  • méeute
  • éemute
  • émetue
  • émeuet
  • émeutte
  • émmeute
  • émuete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of émeute - 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.

emeute1méeute2éemute2émetue2émeuet2émeutte1émmeute1émuete2
Edit distance from "émeute"

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 "émeute"?
"émeute" is spelled É-M-E-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.møt\.
What does "émeute" mean?
As a noun, "émeute" means: Tumulte séditieux, soulèvement dans la foule.
What words are commonly confused with "émeute"?
"émeute" is commonly confused with "émue", "émeutes", "émet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "émeute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émeute" is \e.møt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émeute" come from?
"émeute" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

barrer#12,523Stuart#12,485boites#12,526brèche#12,527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

échos8 variantsverrait8 variantsronds8 variantsCyrus8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list