emprise

/\ɑ̃.pʁiz\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,997

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

emprise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de prendre des terrains par expropriation. Pronounced \ɑ̃.pʁiz\. It ranks #8,997 in French word frequency. Often confused with épris and épuisé.

Key facts for emprise
PropertyValue
Headwordemprise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.pʁiz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,997
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of emprise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for emprise is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.pʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,997 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for emprise, with forms such as "emmprise", "empirse", and "empprise". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "épris", "épuisé", "éprise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is emprise, spelled E-M-P-R-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de prendre des terrains par expropriation.
  2. 2
    Occupation d’une région, d’un territoire.
  3. 3
    Projection d'une construction sur une surface.
  4. 4
    Terrain utilisé par un moyen de transport, comme une route, une voie ferrée, une piste cyclable, et l’ensemble des espaces nécessaires à son entretien ou à son exploitation.
  5. 5
    Envahissement ; mainmise.
  6. 6
    Influence ou domination exercée sur une ou plusieurs personnes et qui a pour résultat qu’elle s’empare de son esprit ou de sa volonté.
  7. 7
    Rapport de domination dans une relation amoureuse.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmprise,empirse,empprise,empries,emprisse,emprrise,emprsie,emrpise,epmrise,meprise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for emprise

Misspelling Variants of "emprise"

emmprise8empirse7empprise8empries7emprisse8emprrise8emprsie7emrpise7
Misspelling Variants of "emprise"

Frequency rank: #8,997 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emprise"?
"emprise" is spelled E-M-P-R-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pʁiz\.
What does "emprise" mean?
As a noun, "emprise" means: Action de prendre des terrains par expropriation.
What words are commonly confused with "emprise"?
"emprise" is commonly confused with "épris", "épuisé", "éprise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emprise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emprise" is \ɑ̃.pʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emprise" come from?
"emprise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.