empreinte

\ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\

/\ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“empreinte” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,081. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,081
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Figure empreinte, impression, marque obtenue par pression.

Corpus desk

Index FR-empreinte · empreinte · French

empreinte · rank #6,081 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,081
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH effectue

Nearest frequency peer: effectue (-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 « empreinte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « empreinte » 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).

empreinte vs emprunté
67% similar
empreinte vs étreinte
67% similar
empreinte vs empreints
89% similar

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

Key facts for empreinte
PropertyValue
Headwordempreinte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,081
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « empreinte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).empreintese 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 « effectue » (#6,080), « exploration » (#6,082), « démarches » (#6,079). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « empreinte » est au #6,081. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around empreinte (IPA \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,081 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for empreinte, with forms such as "emmpreinte", "emperinte", and "emppreinte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "emprunté", "étreinte", "empreints", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is empreinte, spelled E-M-P-R-E-I-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Figure empreinte, impression, marque obtenue par pression.
  2. 2
    Figure de plantes, d’insectes, de poissons, etc., qu’on trouve empreintes sur certaines pierres.
  3. 3
    Forme en creux à l'intérieur d'un moule qui permet d'obtenir une pièce.
  4. 4
    Trace laissée par un contact de la peau sur un objet.
  5. 5
    Marque distinctive et durable.
  6. 6
    Fixation du nouveau-né sur le premier objet qui se présente à lui.
  7. 7
    Résultat d'une fonction de hachage qui permet d’identifier la donnée initiale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Marbre et Sabine avaient obtenu de leur lieutenant la permission de suivre quelques traces fraîches […]. Ces empreintes étaient évidemment dues au passage récent d'une demi-douzaine de daims de grande taille.
  2. A Beduaram il entre dans cette vaste et monotone plaine saharienne, sans végétation et où l’empreinte même de l’animal ne laisse qu’une trace insensible que le moindre vent efface.

This word in other languages

imprint(English)impresión(Español)Spur(Deutsch)impressão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmpreinte
  • emperinte
  • emppreinte
  • empreinet
  • empreinnte
  • empreintte
  • empreitne
  • emprenite
  • empriente
  • emprreinte
  • emrpeinte
  • epmreinte
  • mepreinte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empreinte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emmpreinte1emperinte2emppreinte1empreinet2empreinnte1empreintte1empreitne2emprenite2
Edit distance from "empreinte"

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 "empreinte"?
"empreinte" is spelled E-M-P-R-E-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\.
What does "empreinte" mean?
As a noun, "empreinte" means: Figure empreinte, impression, marque obtenue par pression.
What words are commonly confused with "empreinte"?
"empreinte" is commonly confused with "emprunté", "étreinte", "empreints". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empreinte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empreinte" is \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empreinte" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

démarches#6,079fabricant#6,084fabriquer#6,085culturels#6,075

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

correction13 variantsconstant13 variantsconcepts13 variantstrentaine13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list