éditésvsémisesTell them apart

Which to use

“édités” and “émises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,229
“édités” frequency rank
#14,829
“émises” frequency rank
41058
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature édités émises
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de éditer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de émettre.

Where the eye mixes édités and émises

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
édités
6 ch
émises

Why the eye confuses édités with émises

A purely visual mix-up. édités (\e.di.te\) and émises (\e.miz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

édités is recorded at frequency rank #26,229, classified as averb, pronounced \e.di.te\. 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 41058, this pair ranks #235,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of édités vs émises

Shared letters: isé. Private to "édités": dt. Private to "émises": em.

"édités" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "émises" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "édités" for "émises" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.di.te\ versus \e.miz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "édités" or "émises"?
"émises" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,829 in our French list, against #26,229 for "édités". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "édités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "émises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #235,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "édités" and "émises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édités vs edito". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #235,846 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list