empeste
\ɑ̃.pɛst\
The verdict
“empeste” is uncommon French (frequency #82,911 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,911
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de empester.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empeste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɛst\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empeste” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empeste is uncommon French at frequency #82,911 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empeste, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is empeste, spelled E-M-P-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de empester.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de empester.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de empester.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de empester.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de empester.
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 “empeste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.pɛst\ (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.