empiéter
\ɑ̃.pje.te\
The verdict
“empiéter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,739
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Usurper dans ou sur la propriété d’autrui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empieter · empiéter · French
empiéter · rank #40,739 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,739
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH encolure
Nearest frequency peer: encolure (+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 « empiéter »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- détentrice
détentrice
59,266 corpus weight
- ecclesia
ecclesia
59,265 corpus weight
- embarquées
embarquées
59,264 corpus weight
- empiéter
empiéter
59,262 corpus weight
- encolure
encolure
59,261 corpus weight
- ennuyait
ennuyait
59,259 corpus weight
What this shows « empiéter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empiéter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pje.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « empiéter »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around empiéter (IPA \ɑ̃.pje.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,739 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for empiéter, with forms such as "emipéter", "emmpiéter", and "empieter". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "empirer", "empiler", "emporter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is empiéter, spelled E-M-P-I-É-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Usurper dans ou sur la propriété d’autrui.
- 2S’étendre, déborder sur, se dit principalement des eaux qui viennent à couvrir un terrain voisin.
- 3S’arroger, exercer sur quelqu’un ou sur quelque chose des droits qu’on n’a pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empiéter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a empiété sur moi plus de cinq mètres.
Ce laboureur empiète tous les ans quelques sillons sur la terre de son voisin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emipéter
- emmpiéter
- empieter
- empitéer
- empiéetr
- empiéterr
- empiétre
- empiétter
- emppiéter
- empéiter
- epmiéter
- mepiéter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empiéter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).