empressement

\ɑ̃.pʁɛs.mɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.pʁɛs.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“empressement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,586. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,586
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’empresser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-empressement · empressement · French

empressement · rank #30,586 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,586
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emparés

Nearest frequency peer: emparés (-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 « empressement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « empressement » 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).

empressement vs expressément
83% similar

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

Key facts for empressement
PropertyValue
Headwordempressement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.pʁɛs.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#30,586
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « empressement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).empressementse 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 « emparés » (#30,585), « déçois » (#30,584), « endocriniens » (#30,588). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « empressement » est au #30,586. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around empressement (IPA \ɑ̃.pʁɛs.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,586 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de s’empresser.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for empressement, with forms such as "emmpressement", "emperssement", and "emppressement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "expressément", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is empressement, spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’empresser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des manières agréables et la sûreté de son commerce le faisaient rechercher avec empressement; […].
  2. Loin de répondre aux empressements de son ami, elle fut comme un cadavre à peine animé.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmpressement
  • emperssement
  • emppressement
  • empresement
  • empresesment
  • empresseemnt
  • empressemennt
  • empressementt
  • empressemetn
  • empressemment
  • empressemnet
  • empressmeent
  • emprressement
  • emprsesement
  • emrpessement
  • epmressement
  • mepressement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empressement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emmpressement1emperssement2emppressement1empresement1empresesment2empresseemnt2empressemennt1empressementt1
Edit distance from "empressement"

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 "empressement"?
"empressement" is spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pʁɛs.mɑ̃\.
What does "empressement" mean?
As a noun, "empressement" means: Action de s’empresser.
What words are commonly confused with "empressement"?
"empressement" is commonly confused with "expressément". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empressement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empressement" is \ɑ̃.pʁɛs.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empressement" come from?
"empressement" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list