émulsion

/\e.myl.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,564

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

émulsion is aFrenchnoun. It means: Préparation liquide d’apparence laiteuse tenant en suspension une substance huileuse ou résineuse. Pronounced \e.myl.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with expulsion and émission.

Key facts for émulsion
PropertyValue
Headwordémulsion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.myl.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,564
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of émulsion in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for émulsion is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.myl.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,564 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for émulsion, with forms such as "emulsion", "méulsion", and "émlusion". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "expulsion", "émission", "émulation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is émulsion, spelled É-M-U-L-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Préparation liquide d’apparence laiteuse tenant en suspension une substance huileuse ou résineuse.
  2. 2
    Milieu hétérogène constitué par la dispersion, à l'état de particules très fines, d'un liquide dans un autre liquide en phase continue, la phase dispersante.
  3. 3
    Mélange sensible à la lumière, composé de sels d’argent à l’état de cristaux microscopiques en suspension dans la gélatine, le collodion, qu’on applique en couche très mince sur la plaque ou le film.
  4. 4
    Film ou pellicule photographique.
  5. 5
    Mélange de gravillons liés avec du bitume liquide que l'on utilise pour la réalisation de circulations à faible trafic ou pour l’entretien provisoire des routes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emulsion,méulsion,émlusion,émmulsion,émulison,émullsion,émulsino,émulsionn,émulsoin,émulssion,émuslion,éumlsion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for émulsion

Misspelling Variants of "émulsion"

emulsion8méulsion8émlusion8émmulsion9émulison8émullsion9émulsino8émulsionn9
Misspelling Variants of "émulsion"

Frequency rank: #40,564 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "émulsion"?
"émulsion" is spelled É-M-U-L-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.myl.sjɔ̃\.
What does "émulsion" mean?
As a noun, "émulsion" means: Préparation liquide d’apparence laiteuse tenant en suspension une substance huileuse ou résineuse.
What words are commonly confused with "émulsion"?
"émulsion" is commonly confused with "expulsion", "émission", "émulation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "émulsion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émulsion" is \e.myl.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "émulsion" come from?
"émulsion" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.