Which to use
“émail” is a noun and “evil” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,739
- “émail” frequency rank
- #17,132
- “evil” frequency rank
- 40871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émail | evil |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Malin, scélérat, diabolique. |
Where the eye mixes émail and evil
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between émail and evil
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émail is \e.maj\ while evil is \ˈiː.vəl\. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40871, 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\. evil is at rank #17,132, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈiː.vəl\.
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 40871, this pair ranks #237,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of émail vs evil
Shared letters: il. Private to "émail": amé. Private to "evil": ev.
"émail" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "evil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- evil ← eivl · evill · evli · evvil
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émail" for "evil" ever safe?
Which is more common, "émail" or "evil"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "émail" and "evil" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "émail" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "evil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émail" and "evil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émail vs émit". 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 #237,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.