édilesvsémisesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: édiles is a noun, émises is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“édiles” is a noun and “émises” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,117
“édiles” frequency rank
#14,829
“émises” frequency rank
61946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature édiles émises
Definition Pluriel de édile. Participe passé féminin pluriel de émettre.

Where the eye mixes édiles and émises

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
édiles
6 ch
émises

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: édiles is \e.dil\ while émises is \e.miz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

édiles is recorded at frequency rank #47,117, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.dil\. émises is at rank #14,829, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.miz\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 61946, this pair ranks #89,623 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of édiles vs émises

Shared letters: eisé. Private to "édiles": dl. Private to "émises": m.

"édiles" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "émises" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "édiles" and "émises" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "édiles" is a noun and "émises" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "édiles" or "émises"?
"émises" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,829 in our French list, against #47,117 for "édiles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list