émigrant

\e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\

/\e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“émigrant” is uncommon French (frequency #81,718 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,718
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-emigrant · émigrant · French

émigrant · rank #81,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,718
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH épanouies

Nearest frequency peer: épanouies (+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 « émigrant »

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 « émigrant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émigrant
PropertyValue
Headwordémigrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « émigrant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).émigranttombe 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: « épanouies » (#81,719), « émancipatrice » (#81,716), « épéiste » (#81,720). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émigrant » est au #81,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émigrant is uncommon French at frequency #81,718 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui émigre.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for émigrant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is émigrant, spelled É-M-I-G-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui émigre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Troupe émigrante.

This word in other languages

emigrant(English)

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 "émigrant"?
"émigrant" is spelled É-M-I-G-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\.
What does "émigrant" mean?
As an adjective, "émigrant" means: Qui émigre.
How do you pronounce "émigrant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émigrant" is \e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émigrant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

évaluera#81,726échanson#81,708Vouziers#81,682voleront#81,681

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list