émis

\e.mi\

/\e.mi\/ verb

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The verdict

“émis” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,454
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin de émettre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emis · émis · French

émis · rank #6,454 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,454
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élue

Nearest frequency peer: élue (-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 « émis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « émis » 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).

émis vs ému
50% similar
émis vs eus
25% similar
émis vs ENS
0% similar

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

Key facts for émis
PropertyValue
Headwordémis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.mi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,454
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « émis »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « élue » (#6,453), « épaisseur » (#6,455), « élaboration » (#6,452). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émis » est au #6,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around émis (IPA \e.mi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,454 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for émis, with forms such as "emis", "méis", and "éims". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ému", "eus", "ENS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is émis, spelled É-M-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin de émettre.
  2. 2
    Première personne du singulier du passé simple de émettre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de émettre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La difficulté que l’on éprouve à les capter et à les circonscrire tient au fait que ces signes sont moins émis que désémis, raturés dès leur esquisse, esquivés dès leur inscription, résultat brouillé de dénégations, subterfuges, confusions, manœuvres de déplacements, dépenses compensatoires, où le jeu de l’écriture et le jeu social (pour simplifier une op…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emis
  • méis
  • éims
  • émiss
  • émmis
  • émsi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emis1méis2éims2émiss1émmis1émsi2
Edit distance from "émis"

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 "émis"?
"émis" is spelled É-M-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mi\.
What does "émis" mean?
As a verb, "émis" means: Participe passé masculin de émettre.
What words are commonly confused with "émis"?
"émis" is commonly confused with "ému", "eus", "ENS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "émis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émis" is \e.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émis" come from?
"émis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

élue#6,453vain#6,447bars#6,467bond#6,470

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

demie6 variantsgoutte6 variantsINSEE6 variantsjust6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list