empêtrés
\ɑ̃.pɛ.tʁe\
The verdict
“empêtrés” is uncommon French (frequency #94,758 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,758
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de empêtré.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empetres · empêtrés · French
empêtrés · rank #94,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,758
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH empoisonnant
Nearest frequency peer: empoisonnant (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « empêtrés »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- embrasures
embrasures
5,246 corpus weight
- emploierait
emploierait
5,245 corpus weight
- empoisonnant
empoisonnant
5,244 corpus weight
- empêtrés
empêtrés
5,243 corpus weight
- encyclopédi…
encyclopédistes
5,241 corpus weight
- endettent
endettent
5,240 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « empêtrés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empêtrés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɛ.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « empêtrés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
empêtrés is uncommon French at frequency #94,758 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɛ.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de empêtré.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empêtrés, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is empêtrés, spelled E-M-P-Ê-T-R-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de empêtré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how empêtrés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dernière vue que j’ai eue de lui a été un élan furieux qu’il a pris et où il a été arrêté par l’étreinte de Hindley, si bien que tous deux sont tombés sur le sol, empêtrés l’un dans l’autre.
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 "empêtrés"?
What does "empêtrés" mean?
How do you pronounce "empêtrés"?
What language does "empêtrés" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "empêtrés", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).