empressa
\ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa\
The verdict
“empressa” is uncommon French (frequency #57,244 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,244
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de empresser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empressa · empressa · French
empressa · rank #57,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,244
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH embruns
Nearest frequency peer: embruns (-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 « empressa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Emblem
Emblem
42,760 corpus weight
- embrouillée
embrouillée
42,759 corpus weight
- embruns
embruns
42,758 corpus weight
- empressa
empressa
42,757 corpus weight
- enduire
enduire
42,755 corpus weight
- endurant
endurant
42,754 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « empressa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empressa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « empressa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
empressa is uncommon French at frequency #57,244 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pʁɛ.sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de empresser.".
empressa has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is empressa, spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de empresser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how empressa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait lieu, en effet, de se tenir sur ses gardes : un jour on trouva entre les mains de quelques individus suspects des lettres contraires au Roi, à la Reine sa mère, et à la religion, et on s’empressa d’emprisonner les porteurs dans la Tour, au pain et à l’eau ; le lendemain, le bruit courant que des amas de gens de guerre se formaient à Saint-Piat,…
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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