emmerdant

adj

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The verdict

“emmerdant” is uncommon French (frequency #60,751 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,751
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-emmerdant · emmerdant · French

emmerdant · rank #60,751 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,751
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ellington

Nearest frequency peer: Ellington (-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 « emmerdant »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for emmerdant
PropertyValue
Headwordemmerdant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,751
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « emmerdant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).emmerdanttombe 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: « Ellington » (#60,750), « encastrer » (#60,752), « elimination » (#60,749). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emmerdant » est au #60,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

emmerdant is uncommon French at frequency #60,751 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ennuyeux.".

Zero misspellings are on record for emmerdant in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is emmerdant, spelled E-M-M-E-R-D-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ennuyeux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il est emmerdant celui-là !

This word in other languages

pain in the bum(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 "emmerdant"?
"emmerdant" is spelled E-M-M-E-R-D-A-N-T.
What does "emmerdant" mean?
As an adjective, "emmerdant" means: Ennuyeux.
What language does "emmerdant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ellington#60,750encastrer#60,752escouades#60,762esturgeon#60,764

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list