émuler
\e.my.le\
The verdict
“émuler” is uncommon French (frequency #86,347 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,347
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Sens classique) Essayer d'égaler ou de surpasser quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emuler · émuler · French
émuler · rank #86,347 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,347
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH émettrices
Nearest frequency peer: émettrices (-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 « émuler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- élèveraient
élèveraient
13,657 corpus weight
- émettrices
émettrices
13,655 corpus weight
- émuler
émuler
13,654 corpus weight
- Énéide
Énéide
13,653 corpus weight
- épaissi
épaissi
13,652 corpus weight
- épatée
épatée
13,651 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « émuler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | émuler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.my.le\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « émuler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
émuler is uncommon French at frequency #86,347 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.my.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for émuler in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is émuler, spelled É-M-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1(Sens classique) Essayer d'égaler ou de surpasser quelqu’un.
- 2Utiliser une technique d’émulation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how émuler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Petits fort occupés semblent avoir travaillé sans se mêler d’émuler les soulèvements populaires du reste des Pays-Bas.
La Fnac lance FnacMusic en septembre 2004, proposant à la vente des morceaux et albums au format WMA sécurisé de Microsoft. Elle est rapidement suivie par le service Connect de Sony, qui cherche avec ses baladeurs à émuler le succès d’Apple.
This word in other languages
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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