empoté
\ɑ̃.pɔ.te\
The verdict
“empoté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gauche, maladroit dans son attitude ou dans sa conduite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empote · empoté · French
empoté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empoté |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
empoté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃.pɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gauche, maladroit dans son attitude ou dans sa conduite.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for empoté in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is empoté, spelled E-M-P-O-T-É.
Definition
- 1Gauche, maladroit dans son attitude ou dans sa conduite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empoté appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le nouveau m'a l'air encore plus empoté que le précédent.
Adémar est un prof de géosciences maladivement empoté dont on saura très vite qu’il est autiste, atteint du syndrome d’Asperger.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.