Which to use
“emballe” and “emballer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,609
- “emballe” frequency rank
- #21,303
- “emballer” frequency rank
- 42912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emballe | emballer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de emballer. | Mettre en balle des objets en vue du transport. |
Where the eye mixes emballe and emballer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. emballe runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against emballer's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: emballe vs emballer
A purely visual mix-up. emballe (\ɑ̃.bal\) and emballer (\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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “emballe” sits inside “emballer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emballe is recorded at frequency rank #21,609, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.bal\. emballer is at rank #21,303, tagged as averb, 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 42912, this pair ranks #221,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emballe vs emballer
Shared letters: abelm. Private to "emballe": -. Private to "emballer": r.
"emballe" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "emballer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "emballe" and "emballer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "emballe" vs "emballer" - 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 "emballe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emballer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emballe" and "emballer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emballe vs embelli". 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 #221,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.