empochent

\ɑ̃.pɔʃ\

/\ɑ̃.pɔʃ\/ verb

The verdict

“empochent” is uncommon French (frequency #96,877 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,877
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empocher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-empochent · empochent · French

empochent · rank #96,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,877
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH encadraient

Nearest frequency peer: encadraient (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « empochent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « empochent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empochent
PropertyValue
Headwordempochent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.pɔʃ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « empochent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).empochenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « encadraient » (#96,878), « enceint » (#96,879), « engagerai » (#96,881). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « empochent » est au #96,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empochent is uncommon French at frequency #96,877 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

empochent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is empochent, spelled E-M-P-O-C-H-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empocher.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de empocher.

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 "empochent"?
"empochent" is spelled E-M-P-O-C-H-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pɔʃ\.
What does "empochent" mean?
As a verb, "empochent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empocher.
How do you pronounce "empochent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empochent" is \ɑ̃.pɔʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empochent" come from?
"empochent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list