émues

\e.my\

/\e.my\/ adj

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The verdict

“émues” is uncommon French (frequency #72,031 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,031
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de ému.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emues · émues · French

émues · rank #72,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,031
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émaillés

Nearest frequency peer: émaillés (-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 « émues »

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 « émues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émues
PropertyValue
Headwordémues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.my\
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « émues » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).émuestombe 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: « émaillés » (#72,030), « égocentriques » (#72,029), « éperdue » (#72,033). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émues » est au #72,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émues is uncommon French at frequency #72,031 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.my\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de ému.".

émues has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is émues, spelled É-M-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de ému.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette nouvelle a provoqué d’autres réactions émues, illustrant l’impact qu’aura eu « Chichi » sur tous, durant ses douze années à la tête du pays, et plus de quarante à différents postes de pouvoir.

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 "émues"?
"émues" is spelled É-M-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.my\.
What does "émues" mean?
As an adjective, "émues" means: Féminin pluriel de ému.
How do you pronounce "émues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émues" is \e.my\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émues" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

yelle#72,019xérès#72,018aegis#72,047whore#72,012

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list