émigrants
\e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“émigrants” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,235
- frequency rank, French
- 40,273
- “É” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de émigrant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emigrants · émigrants · French
émigrants · rank #43,235 · 15 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,235
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 40,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Éléonore
Nearest frequency peer: Éléonore (-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 “émigrants”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- éloignez
éloignez
56,769 corpus weight
- éloquente
éloquente
56,768 corpus weight
- Éléonore
Éléonore
56,767 corpus weight
- émigrants
émigrants
56,766 corpus weight
- équinoxe
équinoxe
56,764 corpus weight
- évaporer
évaporer
56,763 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “émigrants” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | émigrants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “émigrants” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around émigrants (IPA \e.mi.ɡʁɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,235 among 40,273 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de émigrant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for émigrants, with forms such as "emigrants", "méigrants", and "éimgrants". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "émirats", "exigeants", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 émigrants, spelled É-M-I-G-R-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de émigrant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how émigrants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce souvenir humiliant lui revint quand au commissariat de bord on le confia à un steward qui s’était emparé de son bagage pour le conduire à l’étage supérieur tandis qu’au bureau voisin se pressait en désordre dans les piaillements, les injures, les coups de coude, les pieds écrasés, la faune des émigrants : jeunes hassidim en redingotes et chapeaux de fe…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emigrants
- méigrants
- éimgrants
- émgirants
- émigarnts
- émiggrants
- émigrannts
- émigranst
- émigrantss
- émigrantts
- émigratns
- émigrnats
- émigrrants
- émirgants
- émmigrants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of émigrants - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "émigrants", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.