empirer

/\ɑ̃.pi.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,191

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

empirer is aFrenchverb. It means: Rendre pire, faire devenir de pire qualité, de pire condition, mettre en pire état. Pronounced \ɑ̃.pi.ʁe\. Often confused with épier and expire.

Key facts for empirer
PropertyValue
Headwordempirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.pi.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,191
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of empirer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for empirer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.pi.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,191 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for empirer, with forms such as "emiprer", "emmpirer", and "empierr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "épier", "expire", "étirer", and more, 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is empirer, spelled E-M-P-I-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre pire, faire devenir de pire qualité, de pire condition, mettre en pire état.
  2. 2
    Devenir pire, tomber en pire état.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emiprer,emmpirer,empierr,empirerr,empirrer,emppirer,emprier,epmirer,mepirer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empirer

Misspelling Variants of "empirer"

emiprer7emmpirer8empierr7empirerr8empirrer8emppirer8emprier7epmirer7
Misspelling Variants of "empirer"

Frequency rank: #18,191 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empirer"?
"empirer" is spelled E-M-P-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pi.ʁe\.
What does "empirer" mean?
As a verb, "empirer" means: Rendre pire, faire devenir de pire qualité, de pire condition, mettre en pire état.
What words are commonly confused with "empirer"?
"empirer" is commonly confused with "épier", "expire", "étirer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empirer" is \ɑ̃.pi.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empirer" come from?
"empirer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.