emploi

/\ɑ̃.plwa\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#567

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

emploi is aFrenchnoun. It means: Usage qu’on fait de quelque chose. Pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa\. It ranks #567 in French word frequency. Often confused with emplois and employé.

Key facts for emploi
PropertyValue
Headwordemploi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.plwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#567
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for emploi is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for emploi, with forms such as "emlpoi", "emmploi", and "emplio". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "emplois", "employé", "emploie", 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 emploi, spelled E-M-P-L-O-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Usage qu’on fait de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Collocation de certaines sommes d’argent ou de capitaux.
  3. 3
    Placement obligatoire des sommes revenant à des usufruitiers, à des mineurs, dans une succession. → voir remploi.
  4. 4
    Action d’employer une somme et d’en faire mention dans un compte, soit en dépense, soit en recette.
  5. 5
    Manière dont on emploie, dont on peut employer.
  6. 6
    Occupation, fonction d’une personne employée dans l'administration, l'agriculture, le commerce ou l’industrie.
  7. 7
    Catégorie 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for emploi

Misspelling Variants of "emploi"

emlpoi6emmploi7emplio6emplloi7empoli6empploi7epmloi6meploi6
Misspelling Variants of "emploi"

Frequency rank: #567 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emploi"?
"emploi" is spelled E-M-P-L-O-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.plwa\.
What does "emploi" mean?
As a noun, "emploi" means: Usage qu’on fait de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "emploi"?
"emploi" is commonly confused with "emplois", "employé", "emploie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emploi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emploi" is \ɑ̃.plwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emploi" come from?
"emploi" 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.