Which to use
“émail” is a noun and “émit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,739
- “émail” frequency rank
- #49,446
- “émit” frequency rank
- 73185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émail | émit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Matière fondante, composée de différents minéraux, laquelle, vitrifiée et plus ou moins opaque, peut recevoir différentes couleurs et être appliquée à l’aide du feu sur certains ouvrages d’or, d’argent, de cuivre, etc., pour les orner. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de émettre. |
Where the eye mixes émail and émit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses émail with émit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émail is \e.maj\ while émit is \e.mi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émail is recorded at frequency rank #23,739, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.maj\. émit is at rank #49,446, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.mi\.
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 73185, this pair ranks #41,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émail vs émit
Shared letters: imé. Private to "émail": al. Private to "émit": t.
"émail" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "émit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "émail" and "émit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "émail" vs "émit" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "émail" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émail" and "émit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edito vs émit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #41,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.