Which to use
“émaillée” and “éveillée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,615
- “émaillée” frequency rank
- #30,037
- “éveillée” frequency rank
- 67652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émaillée | éveillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de émaillé. | Féminin singulier de éveillé. |
Where the eye mixes émaillée and éveillée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. émaillée and éveillée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: émaillée vs éveillée
A purely visual mix-up. émaillée (\e.ma.je\) and éveillée (\e.vɛ.je\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67652, 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\. éveillée is at rank #30,037, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.vɛ.je\.
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 67652, this pair ranks #62,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émaillée vs éveillée
Shared letters: eilé. Private to "émaillée": am. Private to "éveillée": v.
"émaillée" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVV · "éveillée" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émaillée" for "éveillée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "émaillée" or "éveillée" show up more?
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 "émaillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éveillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émaillée" and "éveillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écaille vs émaillée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,463 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.