s’émanciper
\s‿e.mɑ̃.si.pe\
The verdict
“s’émanciper” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se donner trop de licence, se dissiper, se libérer de contraintes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-emanciper · s’émanciper · French
s’émanciper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s’émanciper |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.mɑ̃.si.pe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’émanciper is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.mɑ̃.si.pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se donner trop de licence, se dissiper, se libérer de contraintes.".
s’émanciper doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is s’émanciper, spelled S-’-É-M-A-N-C-I-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se donner trop de licence, se dissiper, se libérer de contraintes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’émanciper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La tendance qui porte invinciblement l'esprit humain à s'émanciper de ce qui le domine et le contient, à chercher en lui-même, à ses risques et périls, son principe et sa raison ; cette tendance n'a pas péri, et il faut l'accepter, car elle ne périra pas.
Depuis longtemps déjà il soupçonnait la chose, car de l’apprendre en confession il n’y fallait guère compter ; à partir de quinze ou seize ans tous s’émancipaient et se dispensaient de cette corvée ennuyeuse : […].
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.