s’emporter

\s‿ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\

/\s‿ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\/ verb

The verdict

“s’emporter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de emporter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-s-emporter · s’emporter · French

s’emporter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for s’emporter
PropertyValue
Headwords’emporter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\s‿ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « s’emporter » en français

s’emportersiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

s’emporter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de emporter.".

No misspelling variants are generated for s’emporter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is s’emporter, spelled S-’-E-M-P-O-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme pronominale de emporter.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "s’emporter"?
"s’emporter" is spelled S-’-E-M-P-O-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \s‿ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\.
What does "s’emporter" mean?
As a verb, "s’emporter" means: Forme pronominale de emporter.
How do you pronounce "s’emporter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "s’emporter" is \s‿ɑ̃.pɔʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "s’emporter" come from?
"s’emporter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list