émollient
\e.mɔ.ljɑ̃\
The verdict
“émollient” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a pour effet d’amollir, d’adoucir les parties enflammées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emollient · émollient · French
émollient · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | émollient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.mɔ.ljɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
émollient is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.mɔ.ljɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a pour effet d’amollir, d’adoucir les parties enflammées.".
émollient has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 émollient, spelled É-M-O-L-L-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui a pour effet d’amollir, d’adoucir les parties enflammées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how émollient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La boutique de M. Hume-Mabrize était à peine ouverte qu'un garçon de l'auberge du Roi-Maure vint demander un lavement émollient pour un client qui se tordait dans les plus pénibles coliques.
Remède émollient.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.