émoussé

\e.mu.se\

/\e.mu.se\/ adj

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The verdict

“émoussé” is uncommon French (frequency #64,894 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,894
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a perdu son tranchant ; dont le fil ne coupe plus ; dont la pointe ne pique plus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emousse · émoussé · French

émoussé · rank #64,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,894
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH élèveront

Nearest frequency peer: élèveront (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “émoussé”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “émoussé” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émoussé
PropertyValue
Headwordémoussé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.mu.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “émoussé” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). émoussé lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émoussé is uncommon French at frequency #64,894 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.mu.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for émoussé, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 émoussé, spelled É-M-O-U-S-S-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a perdu son tranchant ; dont le fil ne coupe plus ; dont la pointe ne pique plus.
  2. 2
    Qui a perdu sa vivacité, son alacrité, son mordant.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’une lame, d’un fer de lance, d’une pique… qui n’a pas de pointe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand je fus assuré que le silence était bien revenu, je saisis un canif et fis de mon mieux pour tenter de m’entailler la jambe droite. Mais la lame était émoussée et je manquais de cœur à l’ouvrage.
  2. Une intelligence émoussée.

Synonyms

uséuséaffaibliatténuédiminué

Antonyms

aiguiséacérétranchantaffiléaffûtéaigupointupiquant

This word in other languages

blunt(English)desafilado(Español)stumpf(Deutsch)

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "émoussé"?
"émoussé" is spelled É-M-O-U-S-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \e.mu.se\.
What does "émoussé" mean?
As an adjective, "émoussé" means: Qui a perdu son tranchant ; dont le fil ne coupe plus ; dont la pointe ne pique plus.
How do you pronounce "émoussé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émoussé" is \e.mu.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list