empoisonner

\ɑ̃.pwa.zɔ.ne\

/\ɑ̃.pwa.zɔ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“empoisonner” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,640
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire mourir ou essayer de faire mourir par le poison.

Corpus desk

Index FR-empoisonner · empoisonner · French

empoisonner · rank #25,640 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,640
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH employait

Nearest frequency peer: employait (-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 « empoisonner »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « empoisonner » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

empoisonner vs emprisonne
82% similar
empoisonner vs emprisonnés
73% similar
empoisonner vs emprisonner
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for empoisonner
PropertyValue
Headwordempoisonner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.pwa.zɔ.ne\
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,640
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « empoisonner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.empoisonnerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « employait » (#25,639), « emprisonner » (#25,641), « emparent » (#25,638). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « empoisonner » est au #25,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around empoisonner (IPA \ɑ̃.pwa.zɔ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,640 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for empoisonner, with forms such as "emmpoisonner", "emopisonner", and "empiosonner". 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, "emprisonne", "emprisonnés", "emprisonner", 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is empoisonner, spelled E-M-P-O-I-S-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire mourir ou essayer de faire mourir par le poison.
  2. 2
    Infecter de poison.
  3. 3
    Faire mourir par une qualité vénéneuse, en parlant de certaines substances.
  4. 4
    Produire des émanations extrêmement infectes.
  5. 5
    Troubler ; altérer ; remplir d’amertume.
  6. 6
    Corrompre l’esprit et les mœurs.
  7. 7
    Rapporter une chose en y donnant un tour malin, défavorable, dangereux, contre l’intention de celui qui l’a dite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how empoisonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Or, comme c’était par l’odorat qu’avait été empoisonnée Jeanne de Navarre, c’était le cerveau, seule partie du corps exclue de l’autopsie, qui devait offrir les traces du crime.
  2. Madame de Brinvilliers commença par empoisonner son père : ce travail parricide dura huit mois, ni plus ni moins. Parfaitement initiée par son amant à la nature des poisons et à la manière de les administrer, elle met dans la perpétration de ce crime une sage lenteur, […].

This word in other languages

poison(English)envenenar(Español)vergiften(Deutsch)envenenar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmpoisonner
  • emopisonner
  • empiosonner
  • empoiosnner
  • empoisnoner
  • empoisonenr
  • empoisoner
  • empoisonnerr
  • empoisonnre
  • empoissonner
  • emposionner
  • emppoisonner
  • epmoisonner
  • mepoisonner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empoisonner - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emmpoisonner1emopisonner2empiosonner2empoiosnner2empoisnoner2empoisonenr2empoisoner1empoisonnerr1
Edit distance from "empoisonner"

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 "empoisonner"?
"empoisonner" is spelled E-M-P-O-I-S-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pwa.zɔ.ne\.
What does "empoisonner" mean?
As a verb, "empoisonner" means: Faire mourir ou essayer de faire mourir par le poison.
What words are commonly confused with "empoisonner"?
"empoisonner" is commonly confused with "emprisonne", "emprisonnés", "emprisonner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empoisonner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empoisonner" is \ɑ̃.pwa.zɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empoisonner" come from?
"empoisonner" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emprisonner#25,641enfermement#25,642gourmandise#25,668harmonieuse#25,675

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

détaillant14 variantsdépourvus14 variantsFrancesca14 variantsfreestyle14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list