émoi

\e.mwa\

/\e.mwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“émoi” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,825. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,825
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-emoi · émoi · French

émoi · rank #24,825 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,825
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH épiceries

Nearest frequency peer: épiceries (+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 « émoi »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « émoi » 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).

émoi vs eo
25% similar
émoi vs ému
50% similar
émoi vs épi
50% similar

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

Key facts for émoi
PropertyValue
Headwordémoi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.mwa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,825
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « émoi »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.émoise 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 « épiceries » (#24,826), « éloquence » (#24,823), « épilogue » (#24,827). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émoi » est au #24,825. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around émoi (IPA \e.mwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,825 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for émoi, with forms such as "emoi", "méoi", and "émio". 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, "eo", "ému", "épi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is émoi, spelled É-M-O-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forte inquiétude.
  2. 2
    Émotion plus ou moins troublante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Être en émoi, mettre en émoi.
  2. L’émoi du départ. Aujourd'hui, rien de l’émoi douloureux, de la tristesse de ces deux derniers jours.

This word in other languages

alarm(English)Aufregung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emoi
  • méoi
  • émio
  • émmoi
  • éomi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of émoi - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emoi1méoi2émio2émmoi1éomi2
Edit distance from "émoi"

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 "émoi"?
"émoi" is spelled É-M-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mwa\.
What does "émoi" mean?
As a noun, "émoi" means: Forte inquiétude.
What words are commonly confused with "émoi"?
"émoi" is commonly confused with "eo", "ému", "épi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "émoi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émoi" is \e.mwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émoi" come from?
"émoi" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

aida#24,848SCPI#24,771born#24,882sall#24,765

Similar misspelling depth

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

sosie5 variantsdada5 variantsnada5 variantshait5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list