emperesse
\ɑ̃.p(ə).ʁɛs\
The verdict
“emperesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épouse ou veuve d’un empereur. Titre notamment donné à Mathilde l’Emperesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emperesse · emperesse · French
emperesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | emperesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.p(ə).ʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
emperesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.p(ə).ʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épouse ou veuve d’un empereur. Titre notamment donné à Mathilde l’Emperesse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for emperesse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is emperesse, spelled E-M-P-E-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Épouse ou veuve d’un empereur. Titre notamment donné à Mathilde l’Emperesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emperesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mathilde, fille de Henri II duc de Normandie et veuve de Henri V, empereur d’Allemagne, conserva le titre d’impératrice ou emperesse après la mort de son mari et quoiqu’elle eût contracté un second mariage avec Geoffroy Plantagenet.
Henri Iᵉʳ reste donc seul avec sa fille Mathilde l’Emperesse. Il décide de lui donner en héritage toutes ses possessions anglaises et normandes.
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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.