Which to use
“édition” and “emotion” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,015
- “édition” frequency rank
- #42,854
- “emotion” frequency rank
- 43869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | édition | emotion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Impression, publication et diffusion d’une œuvre artistique (livre, musique, objet d’art, etc). soit qu’elle paraisse pour la première fois, soit qu’elle ait déjà été imprimée ; ou les séries successives des exemplaires qu’on imprime pour cette publication. | Émotion. |
Where the eye mixes édition and emotion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. édition and emotion follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: édition vs emotion
A purely visual mix-up. édition (\e.di.sjɔ̃\) and emotion (\əˈmoʊ.ʃən\) 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 43869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
édition is recorded at frequency rank #1,015, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.di.sjɔ̃\. emotion is at rank #42,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced \əˈmoʊ.ʃən\.
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 43869, this pair ranks #214,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of édition vs emotion
Shared letters: inot. Private to "édition": dé. Private to "emotion": em.
"édition" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "emotion" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emotion ← emmotion · emoiton · emotino · emotionn · emotoin · emottion · emtoion · eomtion
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "édition" for "emotion" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "édition" or "emotion" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "édition" and "emotion" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "édition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emotion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "édition" and "emotion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emotion vs émotive". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #214,774 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.