empêchez
\ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe\
The verdict
“empêchez” is uncommon French (frequency #55,924 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,924
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empêcher.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empêchez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empêchez” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empêchez is uncommon French at frequency #55,924 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empêchez, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is empêchez, spelled E-M-P-Ê-C-H-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empêcher.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif 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.
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Using “empêchez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-Ê-C-H-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.pɛ.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.