emmerdes

Name: emmerdes, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɑ̃.mɛʁd\

/\ɑ̃.mɛʁd\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“emmerdes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,190. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,190
frequency rank, French: 3,255
“E” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-emmerdes · emmerdes · French

emmerdes · rank #18,190 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #18,190
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,255
PHOTO-FINISH empirer

Nearest frequency peer: empirer (+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.

effrayer

81,815
emmerdes

81,811
empirer

81,810
empoisonnem…

81,809
emportant

81,808
entraînée

81,807

What this shows « emmerdes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

emmerdes vs emmerdé

75% similar

emmerdes vs emmènes

63% similar

emmerdes vs emmerder

88% similar

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

Key facts for emmerdes
Property	Value
Headword	emmerdes
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɑ̃.mɛʁd\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#18,190
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « emmerdes »

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

#18,190

#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 « empirer » (#18,191), « empoisonnement » (#18,192), « emportant » (#18,193). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emmerdes » est au #18,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around emmerdes (IPA \ɑ̃.mɛʁd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,190 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de emmerde.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for emmerdes, with forms such as "ememrdes", "emerdes", and "emmedres". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "emmerdé", "emmènes", "emmerder", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is emmerdes, spelled E-M-M-E-R-D-E-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de emmerde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Sa vie, ce sont ses amis, certes, mais aussi un amour foireux - elle craque en secret depuis des années pour son meilleur ami (Hakim Jemili), qui semble lui préférer sa cousine -, et surtout pas mal d’emmerdes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ememrdes
emerdes
emmedres
emmerddes
emmerdess
emmerdse
emmereds
emmerrdes
emmredes
memerdes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "emmerdes"

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 "emmerdes"?

"emmerdes" is spelled E-M-M-E-R-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.mɛʁd\.

What does "emmerdes" mean?

As a noun, "emmerdes" means: Pluriel de emmerde.

What words are commonly confused with "emmerdes"?

"emmerdes" is commonly confused with "emmerdé", "emmènes", "emmerder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "emmerdes"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emmerdes" is \ɑ̃.mɛʁd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "emmerdes" come from?

"emmerdes" 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 "emmerdes", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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