empreinte digitale
\ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t di.ʒi.tal\
The verdict
“empreinte digitale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empreinte sur une surface résultant du contact d’un doigt.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empreinte-digitale · empreinte digitale · French
empreinte digitale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | empreinte digitale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t di.ʒi.tal\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « empreinte digitale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
empreinte digitale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.pʁɛ̃t di.ʒi.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Empreinte sur une surface résultant du contact d’un doigt.".
empreinte digitale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is empreinte digitale, spelled E-M-P-R-E-I-N-T-E- -D-I-G-I-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Empreinte sur une surface résultant du contact d’un doigt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empreinte digitale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aucune trace d’effraction, rien de forcé, pas d’empreintes digitales ni d'ADN étranger au personnel. Rien ! À croire que les types ont opéré en scaphandre. Et cerise sur le gâteau : l'alarme et les caméras étaient désactivées ce week-end.
Au reste, d’autres preuves d’identité seraient recherchées, mais plus tard. Empreintes digitales, génétiques, odontogramme post-mortem si besoin, etc.
Synonyms
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.