Which to use
“émaillée” and “emballée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,615
- “émaillée” frequency rank
- #35,013
- “emballée” frequency rank
- 72628
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émaillée | emballée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de émaillé. | Féminin singulier de emballé. |
Where the eye mixes émaillée and emballée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. émaillée (VCVVCCVV) and emballée (VCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: émaillée vs emballée
A purely visual mix-up. émaillée (\e.ma.je\) and emballée (\ɑ̃.ba.le\) 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 72628, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émaillée is recorded at frequency rank #37,615, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.ma.je\. emballée is at rank #35,013, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ba.le\.
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 72628, this pair ranks #43,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émaillée vs emballée
Shared letters: aelmé. Private to "émaillée": i. Private to "emballée": b.
"émaillée" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVV · "emballée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émaillée" for "emballée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "émaillée" vs "emballée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "émaillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emballée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émaillée" and "emballée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écaille vs émaillée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.