émeuve

\e.møv\

/\e.møv\/ verb

The verdict

“émeuve” is uncommon French (frequency #98,668 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,668
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de émouvoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emeuve · émeuve · French

émeuve · rank #98,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,668
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émeu

Nearest frequency peer: émeu (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “émeuve”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “émeuve” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émeuve
PropertyValue
Headwordémeuve
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.møv\
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “émeuve” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).émeuvese 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 « émeu » (#98,667), « épaulement » (#98,669), « électronicien » (#98,666). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émeuve is uncommon French at frequency #98,668 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.møv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for émeuve, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is émeuve, spelled É-M-E-U-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de émouvoir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de émouvoir.

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 "émeuve"?
"émeuve" is spelled É-M-E-U-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.møv\.
What does "émeuve" mean?
As a verb, "émeuve" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de émouvoir.
How do you pronounce "émeuve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émeuve" is \e.møv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émeuve" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list