emmental
\e.mɛ̃.tal\
The verdict
“emmental” is uncommon French (frequency #50,803 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,803
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fromage de Suisse et de France au lait de vache, à pâte pressée cuite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emmental · emmental · French
emmental · rank #50,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,803
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH enchaînée
Nearest frequency peer: enchaînée (+2 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 « emmental »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- développons
développons
49,203 corpus weight
- Edwige
Edwige
49,202 corpus weight
- emmental
emmental
49,198 corpus weight
- enchaînée
enchaînée
49,196 corpus weight
- endiablé
endiablé
49,195 corpus weight
- endorment
endorment
49,194 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « emmental » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emmental |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.mɛ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « emmental » en français
Rare enough to double-check
emmental is uncommon French at frequency #50,803 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.mɛ̃.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fromage de Suisse et de France au lait de vache, à pâte pressée cuite.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for emmental in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is emmental, spelled E-M-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Fromage de Suisse et de France au lait de vache, à pâte pressée cuite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emmental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’emmental provient de la vallée de l’Emme, en Suisse bernoise. Il doit porter la mention « Switzerland » quand il est d’origine, mais il n’y a guère de différence avec ceux fabriqués ailleurs, particulièrement en France. C’est le fromage à gros trous, le bien connu, celui avec lequel on fait le râpé ou les croque-monsieur. Un incontournable, surtout pour…
Les uns passent par une meilleure valorisation du lait par la fabrication de fromages de qualité : les petites fruitières jurassiennes ont assuré le succès du comté, celles de l’avant pays savoyard de l’emmental de choix.
This word in other languages
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.
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