Emmanuel

\ɛ.ma.nɥɛl\

/\ɛ.ma.nɥɛl\/ name

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The verdict

“Emmanuel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,573
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-emmanuel · Emmanuel · French

Emmanuel · rank #2,573 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,573
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH dirigeants

Nearest frequency peer: dirigeants (-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 « Emmanuel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Emmanuel » 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).

Emmanuel vs Emmanuelle
80% similar
Emmanuel vs Emanuel
88% similar

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

Key facts for Emmanuel
PropertyValue
HeadwordEmmanuel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɛ.ma.nɥɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,573
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Emmanuel »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Emmanuelse 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 « dirigeants » (#2,572), « entière » (#2,574), « différente » (#2,571). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Emmanuel » est au #2,573. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Emmanuel (IPA \ɛ.ma.nɥɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #2,573 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Emmanuel, with forms such as "emamnuel", "emmaneul", and "emmannuel". 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, "Emmanuelle", "Emanuel", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Emmanuel, spelled E-M-M-A-N-U-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Certes, les reports de Jean-Luc Mélenchon sur Emmanuel Macron sont un peu meilleurs mais, dans nos enquêtes qualitatives, il est évident que c’est un effet de la rediabolisation de Marine Le Pen d’entre les deux tours.

This word in other languages

Immanuel(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emamnuel
  • emmaneul
  • emmannuel
  • emmanuell
  • emmanule
  • emmaunel
  • emmnauel
  • memanuel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emamnuel2emmaneul2emmannuel1emmanuell1emmanule2emmaunel2emmnauel2memanuel2
Edit distance from "Emmanuel"

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 "Emmanuel"?
"Emmanuel" is spelled E-M-M-A-N-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ.ma.nɥɛl\.
What does "Emmanuel" mean?
As a proper noun, "Emmanuel" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Emmanuel"?
"Emmanuel" is commonly confused with "Emmanuelle", "Emanuel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Emmanuel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Emmanuel" is \ɛ.ma.nɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Emmanuel" come from?
"Emmanuel" 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 "Emmanuel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

essence8 variantsimpose8 variantsinvite8 variantsvierge8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list