emolument
\ɪˈmɒljəmənt\
The verdict
“emolument” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Émolument.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emolument · emolument · French
emolument · 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 "E" 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 | emolument |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɪˈmɒljəmənt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « emolument » en français
Rare enough to double-check
emolument is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɪˈmɒljəmənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Émolument.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for emolument, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is emolument, spelled E-M-O-L-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Émolument.
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.