émoustiller
\e.mus.ti.je\
The verdict
“émoustiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exciter à la gaieté, mettre en bonne humeur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emoustiller · émoustiller · French
émoustiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | émoustiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.mus.ti.je\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “émoustiller” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
émoustiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.mus.ti.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for émoustiller, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is émoustiller, spelled É-M-O-U-S-T-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Exciter à la gaieté, mettre en bonne humeur.
- 2Exciter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how émoustiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après le champagne, le vin de Hongrie émoustilla encore davantage la société.
M. Dufour, que la campagne émoustillait déjà, lui pinça vivement le mollet, puis, la prenant sous les bras, la déposa lourdement à terre, comme un énorme paquet.
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