émulsions

\e.myl.sjɔ̃\

/\e.myl.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“émulsions” is uncommon French (frequency #78,993 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,993
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de émulsion.

Corpus desk

Index FR-emulsions · émulsions · French

émulsions · rank #78,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,993
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émotives

Nearest frequency peer: émotives (-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 « émulsions »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for émulsions
PropertyValue
Headwordémulsions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.myl.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « émulsions » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.émulsionstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « émotives » (#78,992), « épandages » (#78,994), « élégies » (#78,991). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « émulsions » est au #78,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

émulsions is uncommon French at frequency #78,993 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.myl.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de émulsion.".

émulsions has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is émulsions, spelled É-M-U-L-S-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de émulsion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Bien désélectromagnétisé en profondeur et reparamétré pour l’été, notre vibrant Broadcast Blender Custom se la coule douce, délaissant les émulsions radiophoniques pour retrouver ses fonctions culinaires premières, broyant, remuant, mélangeant, liquéfiant selon mes lubies du moment: cocktails pétillants, glaces ou sorbets déliquescents, ou bavarois aux fr…

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 "émulsions"?
"émulsions" is spelled É-M-U-L-S-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.myl.sjɔ̃\.
What does "émulsions" mean?
As a noun, "émulsions" means: Pluriel de émulsion.
How do you pronounce "émulsions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "émulsions" 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 "émulsions" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list