emporter
\ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\
The verdict
“emporter” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,340 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,340
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Porter hors d’un lieu.
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 | emporter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “emporter” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for emporter is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,340 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for emporter, with forms such as "emmporter", "emoprter", and "emporetr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "exporte", "exporter", "escorter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is emporter, spelled E-M-P-O-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Porter hors d’un lieu.
- 2Entraîner, arracher, enlever ou emmener avec effort, avec rapidité ou avec violence.
- 3Causer la mort rapidement, en parlant d’une maladie.
- 4Détruire ; faire disparaître.
- 5Guérir.
- 6Tirer l’âme de sa situation ordinaire, jeter dans quelque excès, état-limite ou manifestation paroxystique, en parlant des passions, des émotions ou des sensations.
- 7Gagner ; obtenir.
- 8Obtenir par une sorte de violence.
- 9Conquérir, se rendre maître, en peu de temps.
- 10Entraîner par une suite nécessaire ; comprendre ; impliquer.
- 11Se livrer à un excès d’orgueil, d’audace, et en général à un sentiment immodéré.
- 12Se fâcher violemment, s’abandonner à la colère.
- 13Ne pouvoir être retenu par celui qui le monte ou qui le conduit, en parlant d’un cheval.
- 14Se dit d'un cheval de trot qui se montre fautif dans ses allures et est par suite susceptible d'être disqualifié.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emmporter,emoprter,emporetr,emporrter,emporterr,emportre,emportter,empotrer,empporter,emproter,epmorter,meporter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emporter - 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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Using “emporter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-O-R-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “exporte” - see the side-by-side comparison. emporter vs exporte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.