empêchèrent

\ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ\

/\ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“empêchèrent” is uncommon French (frequency #78,384 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,384
frequency rank, French
201,161
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de empêcher.

Key facts for empêchèrent
PropertyValue
Headwordempêchèrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,384
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “empêchèrent” 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). empêchèrent lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

empêchèrent is uncommon French at frequency #78,384 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de empêcher.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empêchèrent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 empêchèrent, spelled E-M-P-Ê-C-H-È-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de empêcher.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empêchèrent"?
"empêchèrent" is spelled E-M-P-Ê-C-H-È-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ\.
What does "empêchèrent" mean?
As a verb, "empêchèrent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de empêcher.
How do you pronounce "empêchèrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empêchèrent" is \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empêchèrent" come from?
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Using “empêchèrent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-Ê-C-H-È-R-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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