emprisonnement

\ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.mɑ̃\

/\ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“emprisonnement” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,386
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’emprisonner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emprisonnement · emprisonnement · French

emprisonnement · rank #8,386 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,386
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH emporté

Nearest frequency peer: emporté (-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 « emprisonnement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « emprisonnement » 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).

emprisonnement vs empoisonnement
93% similar

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

Key facts for emprisonnement
PropertyValue
Headwordemprisonnement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.mɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#8,386
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « emprisonnement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.emprisonnementse 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 « emporté » (#8,385), « enculé » (#8,387), « ego » (#8,384). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emprisonnement » est au #8,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around emprisonnement (IPA \ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,386 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’emprisonner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for emprisonnement, with forms such as "emmprisonnement", "empirsonnement", and "empprisonnement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "empoisonnement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is emprisonnement, spelled E-M-P-R-I-S-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’emprisonner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La première sensation, poignante jusqu’à l’angoisse, fut pour Jacques celle de l’emprisonnement dans tout ce sable, derrière toutes ces solitudes, ….
  2. Le fait d’obtenir d’une personne l’un de ses organes contre un paiement, quelle qu’en soit la forme, est puni de sept ans d’emprisonnement et de 100000 euros d’amende.

This word in other languages

imprisonment(English)encarcelamiento(Español)Haft(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmprisonnement
  • empirsonnement
  • empprisonnement
  • empriosnnement
  • emprisnonement
  • emprisonement
  • emprisonenment
  • emprisonneemnt
  • emprisonnemennt
  • emprisonnementt
  • emprisonnemetn
  • emprisonnemment
  • emprisonnemnet
  • emprisonnmeent
  • emprissonnement
  • emprrisonnement
  • emprsionnement
  • emrpisonnement
  • epmrisonnement
  • meprisonnement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emprisonnement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emmprisonnement1empirsonnement2empprisonnement1empriosnnement2emprisnonement2emprisonement1emprisonenment2emprisonneemnt2
Edit distance from "emprisonnement"

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 "emprisonnement"?
"emprisonnement" is spelled E-M-P-R-I-S-O-N-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.mɑ̃\.
What does "emprisonnement" mean?
As a noun, "emprisonnement" means: Action d’emprisonner.
What words are commonly confused with "emprisonnement"?
"emprisonnement" is commonly confused with "empoisonnement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emprisonnement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emprisonnement" is \ɑ̃.pʁi.zɔn.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emprisonnement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

divertissement#8,379historiquement#8,406indispensables#8,563multiplication#8,584

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

présentement20 variantsenseignements20 variantsdémographique20 variantsconfrontation20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list