emportement
\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“emportement” is uncommon French (frequency #77,480 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,480
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’emporter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emportement · emportement · French
emportement · rank #77,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,480
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH emplir
Nearest frequency peer: emplir (-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 « emportement »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- emboutissage
emboutissage
22,524 corpus weight
- emme
emme
22,523 corpus weight
- emplir
emplir
22,522 corpus weight
- emportement
emportement
22,521 corpus weight
- endormant
endormant
22,520 corpus weight
- enfante
enfante
22,519 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « emportement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emportement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « emportement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
emportement is uncommon French at frequency #77,480 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.tə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for emportement, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is emportement, spelled E-M-P-O-R-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de s’emporter.
- 2Colère qui se manifeste par une insolence méprisante, des propos insultants, de la violence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emportement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je lui demandai pardon de mon emportement.
Sa course avait l'emportement invincible d'un corps qui descendrait une montagne trop rapide.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).