empressent

\ɑ̃.pʁɛs\

/\ɑ̃.pʁɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“empressent” is uncommon French (frequency #55,245 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,245
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empresser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-empressent · empressent · French

empressent · rank #55,245 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,245
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emploiera

Nearest frequency peer: emploiera (-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 « empressent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « empressent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empressent
PropertyValue
Headwordempressent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.pʁɛs\
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,245
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « empressent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.empressenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « emploiera » (#55,244), « emprisonnées » (#55,246), « emparèrent » (#55,243). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « empressent » est au #55,245. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empressent is uncommon French at frequency #55,245 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.pʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for empressent in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is empressent, spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empresser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de empresser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans la deuxième partie sont tous les coupables, qui s’empressent de passer le fleuve Achéron dans la barque du nautonier des Enfers.

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 "empressent"?
"empressent" is spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pʁɛs\.
What does "empressent" mean?
As a verb, "empressent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de empresser.
How do you pronounce "empressent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empressent" is \ɑ̃.pʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empressent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emparèrent#55,243engagerait#55,249définissez#55,220exaspérant#55,270

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list