empocher
\ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe\
The verdict
“empocher” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,780
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en poche, en parlant surtout de l'argent ou de toute chose précieuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empocher · empocher · French
empocher · rank #38,780 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,780
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH empli
Nearest frequency peer: empli (-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 « empocher »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Eaton
Eaton
61,225 corpus weight
- empli
empli
61,222 corpus weight
- empocher
empocher
61,221 corpus weight
- encourt
encourt
61,220 corpus weight
- enduits
enduits
61,219 corpus weight
- endémiques
endémiques
61,218 corpus weight
What this shows « empocher » 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 | empocher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « empocher »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around empocher (IPA \ɑ̃.pɔ.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,780 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 empocher, with forms such as "emmpocher", "emopcher", and "empcoher". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "emporter", "empêche", "empoche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is empocher, spelled E-M-P-O-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre en poche, en parlant surtout de l'argent ou de toute chose précieuse.
- 2Accaparer de l'argent disponible, avec empressement et avidité.
- 3Supporter sans oser ou pouvoir y répondre, des paroles désagréables, des injures ou des coups.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empocher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On empoche tous les deux 70 000 par semaine. C'est définitivement faisable.
Si Joséphine ne se mariait pas, elle continuerait à « turbiner » pour la maison, la vieille élèverait le mioche, et lui, le patron, empocherait la galette que le Pape, de gré ou de force lui remettrait.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emmpocher
- emopcher
- empcoher
- empoccher
- empocehr
- empocherr
- empochher
- empochre
- empohcer
- emppocher
- epmocher
- mepocher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empocher - 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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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).