empêtre
\ɑ̃.pɛtʁ\
The verdict
“empêtre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de empêtrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empetre · empêtre · French
empêtre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | empêtre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empêtre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empêtre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for empêtre in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is empêtre, spelled E-M-P-Ê-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de empêtrer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de empêtrer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de empêtrer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de empêtrer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de empêtrer.
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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.