empanner
\ɑ̃.pa.ne\
The verdict
“empanner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Virer dos au vent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empanner · empanner · French
empanner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | empanner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pa.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « empanner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
empanner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pa.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
empanner has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is empanner, spelled E-M-P-A-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Virer dos au vent.
- 2Mettre en panne un bâtiment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empanner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Empanner. Faire passer (volontairement ou par accident) les voiles d’un bord à l’autre, au vent arrière. Quand le vent est fort, cela peut provoquer la rupture de la bôme sous le choc, si le bateau porte trop de toile pour le vent.
Le navire empanne, est empanné.
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.