emphase

\ɑ̃.faz\

/\ɑ̃.faz\/ noun

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The verdict

“emphase” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,714
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Affectation pompeuse dans les paroles, dans le débit, dans la mimique et dans les gestes. Enflure, manière de faire l’important devant l’auditoire, de gonfler son discours avec des mots ronflants.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emphase · emphase · French

emphase · rank #26,714 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,714
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emménager

Nearest frequency peer: emménager (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « emphase »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « emphase » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

emphase vs emprise
71% similar
emphase vs empare
71% similar
emphase vs embrase
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for emphase
PropertyValue
Headwordemphase
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.faz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,714
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « emphase »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).emphasese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « emménager » (#26,713), « Eldorado » (#26,712), « encombrement » (#26,716). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emphase » est au #26,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around emphase (IPA \ɑ̃.faz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,714 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for emphase, with forms such as "emhpase", "emmphase", and "empahse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "emprise", "empare", "embrase", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 emphase, spelled E-M-P-H-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affectation pompeuse dans les paroles, dans le débit, dans la mimique et dans les gestes. Enflure, manière de faire l’important devant l’auditoire, de gonfler son discours avec des mots ronflants.
  2. 2
    Mise en relief d'un des constituants de la phrase par l'intonation ou par l'ordre des mots.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how emphase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le dîner fut médiocre et la conversation impatientante. C’est la table d’un mauvais livre, pensait Julien. Tous les plus grands sujets des pensées des hommes y sont fièrement abordés. Écoute-t-on trois minutes, on se demande ce qui l’emporte, de l’emphase du parleur ou de son abominable ignorance.
  2. Après les salutations, où brilla dans toute son emphase la civilité provinciale, le fauteuil de la présidence fut occupé par celui des assistants que son titre semblait y appeler.

Synonyms

affectationexagérationgrandiloquencepathos

This word in other languages

bombast(English)énfasis(Español)Emphase(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emhpase
  • emmphase
  • empahse
  • emphaes
  • emphasse
  • emphhase
  • emphsae
  • empphase
  • epmhase
  • mephase

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emphase - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emhpase2emmphase1empahse2emphaes2emphasse1emphhase1emphsae2empphase1
Edit distance from "emphase"

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 "emphase"?
"emphase" is spelled E-M-P-H-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.faz\.
What does "emphase" mean?
As a noun, "emphase" means: Affectation pompeuse dans les paroles, dans le débit, dans la mimique et dans les gestes. Enflure, manière de faire l’important devant l’auditoire, de gonfler son discours avec des mots ronflants.
What words are commonly confused with "emphase"?
"emphase" is commonly confused with "emprise", "empare", "embrase". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emphase"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emphase" is \ɑ̃.faz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emphase" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "emphase", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

escales#26,723démêler#26,702fourier#26,731disette#26,696

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fratrie10 variantsDeborah10 variantsdamnés10 variantsCésaire10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list