emploi
\ɑ̃.plwa\
The verdict
“emploi” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #567 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #567
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Usage qu’on fait de quelque chose.
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 | emploi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.plwa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “emploi” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for emploi is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.plwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #567 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for emploi, with forms such as "emlpoi", "emmploi", and "emplio". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "emplois", "employé", "emploie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is emploi, spelled E-M-P-L-O-I.
Definition
- 1Usage qu’on fait de quelque chose.
- 2Collocation de certaines sommes d’argent ou de capitaux.
- 3Placement obligatoire des sommes revenant à des usufruitiers, à des mineurs, dans une succession. → voir remploi.
- 4Action d’employer une somme et d’en faire mention dans un compte, soit en dépense, soit en recette.
- 5Manière dont on emploie, dont on peut employer.
- 6Occupation, fonction d’une personne employée dans l'administration, l'agriculture, le commerce ou l’industrie.
- 7Catégorie de rôles pour lesquels un acteur peut être employé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emlpoi,emmploi,emplio,emplloi,empoli,empploi,epmloi,meploi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emploi - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “emploi”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-L-O-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.plwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “emplois” - see the side-by-side comparison. emploi vs emplois
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.