emprunter

\ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\

/\ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“emprunter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,612. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,612
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demander et recevoir en prêt, obtenir à titre de prêt.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emprunter · emprunter · French

emprunter · rank #6,612 · 14 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,612
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH développés

Nearest frequency peer: développés (-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 « emprunter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « emprunter » 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).

emprunter vs emprunts
78% similar
emprunter vs emprunteur
90% similar
emprunter vs emprunteurs
82% similar

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

Key facts for emprunter
PropertyValue
Headwordemprunter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,612
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « emprunter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).emprunterse 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 « développés » (#6,611), « envoyée » (#6,613), « développée » (#6,610). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « emprunter » est au #6,612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around emprunter (IPA \ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,612 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for emprunter, with forms such as "emmprunter", "empprunter", and "emprnuter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "emprunts", "emprunteur", "emprunteurs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is emprunter, spelled E-M-P-R-U-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demander et recevoir en prêt, obtenir à titre de prêt.
  2. 2
    Utiliser ; se servir de.
  3. 3
    Se servir, user, tirer parti de ce qui est à un autre ou de ce qu’un autre fournit.
  4. 4
    Introduire un mot d’une autre langue.
  5. 5
    Suivre une voie, un chemin ou une route.
  6. 6
    Introduire un mot d’un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Emprunter ! l’acte le plus difficile du monde, l’acte impossible pour certains tempéraments ! Emprunter ! cette chose à laquelle l’être moral se refuse, comme à voler ; ce geste physiquement irréalisable, comme de se jeter à l’eau quand on ne sait pas nager !
  2. Les entrepreneurs avaient emprunté l’argent de la construction. Le locataire avait hypothéqué l’appartement. Tout le pays spéculait sur la propriété foncière.

Antonyms

prêter

This word in other languages

borrow(English)pedir prestado(Español)leihen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmprunter
  • empprunter
  • emprnuter
  • emprrunter
  • emprunetr
  • emprunnter
  • emprunterr
  • empruntre
  • empruntter
  • emprutner
  • empurnter
  • emrpunter
  • epmrunter
  • meprunter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emprunter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emmprunter1empprunter1emprnuter2emprrunter1emprunetr2emprunnter1emprunterr1empruntre2
Edit distance from "emprunter"

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 "emprunter"?
"emprunter" is spelled E-M-P-R-U-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\.
What does "emprunter" mean?
As a verb, "emprunter" means: Demander et recevoir en prêt, obtenir à titre de prêt.
What words are commonly confused with "emprunter"?
"emprunter" is commonly confused with "emprunts", "emprunteur", "emprunteurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emprunter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emprunter" is \ɑ̃.pʁœ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emprunter" come from?
"emprunter" 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 "emprunter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

délicieux#6,607garanties#6,619intégrité#6,622dictature#6,601

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

développés14 variantscroyances14 variantsplacement14 variantsquantités14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list