empty
\ˈɛmp.ti\
The verdict
“empty” is uncommon French (frequency #62,961 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,961
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empty · empty · French
empty · rank #62,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,961
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH empruntez
Nearest frequency peer: empruntez (-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 « empty »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- embusqués
embusqués
37,044 corpus weight
- empoisonnem…
empoisonnements
37,042 corpus weight
- empruntez
empruntez
37,041 corpus weight
- empty
empty
37,040 corpus weight
- enchaînées
enchaînées
37,038 corpus weight
- Enders
Enders
37,037 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « empty » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empty |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɛmp.ti\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « empty » en français
Rare enough to double-check
empty is uncommon French at frequency #62,961 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɛmp.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empty, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 empty, spelled E-M-P-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Vide.
- 2Dérisoire, inutile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how empty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'empty threat
Antonyms
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.
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