empoigné
\ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe\
The verdict
“empoigné” is uncommon French (frequency #82,914 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,914
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’un ensemble de meubles fins (flèches, épis…) réunis en faisceau et attachés par leur fût avec un lien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empoigne · empoigné · French
empoigné · rank #82,914 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,914
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emporteront
Nearest frequency peer: emporteront (+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 « empoigné »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- empeste
empeste
17,090 corpus weight
- empiffrer
empiffrer
17,089 corpus weight
- empoigné
empoigné
17,087 corpus weight
- emporteront
emporteront
17,086 corpus weight
- emprisonnent
emprisonnent
17,085 corpus weight
- encerclant
encerclant
17,084 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « empoigné » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empoigné |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « empoigné » en français
Rare enough to double-check
empoigné is uncommon French at frequency #82,914 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.pwa.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
empoigné has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is empoigné, spelled E-M-P-O-I-G-N-É.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’un ensemble de meubles fins (flèches, épis…) réunis en faisceau et attachés par leur fût avec un lien.
- 2Se dit d'un meuble dont une partie est saisie par une main.
- 3Saisi fortement, ému profondément.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empoigné appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’azur aux trois épis empoignés d’or, liés de même, qui est de Mougon (cf. illustration 1)
D’or, à la hure de sable, empoignée par un bras au naturel, vêtu de gueules et boutonné d’argent, qui est de Pierre Swinski de Rypin (cf. illustration 2)
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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