empressé
The verdict
“empressé” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #29,341 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #29,341
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui s’empresse, qui est zélé.
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 | empressé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,341 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empressé” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for empressé is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #29,341 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for empressé, with forms such as "emmpressé", "emperssé", and "emppressé". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "express", "emprise", "expresse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is empressé, spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-S-É.
Definition
- 1Qui s’empresse, qui est zélé.
- 2Qui cherche par beaucoup de prévenances à se faire bien voir d’une autre personne.
- 3Qui met une sorte de hâte, de précipitation à faire quelque chose.
- 4Qualifie un air, des manières, des actions, des sentiments, etc., qui montrent de l'empressement, de la sollicitude.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emmpressé,emperssé,emppressé,empresse,empresé,empresés,emprressé,emprsesé,emrpessé,epmressé,mepressé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empressé - 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 “empressé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-M-P-R-E-S-S-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “express” - see the side-by-side comparison. empressé vs express
- 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.