Which to use
“emballée” is an adjective and “emballer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,013
- “emballée” frequency rank
- #21,303
- “emballer” frequency rank
- 56316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emballée | emballer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de emballé. | Mettre en balle des objets en vue du transport. |
Same sound, different letters: emballée vs emballer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. emballée (VCCVCCVV) and emballer (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - emballée / emballer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: emballée and emballer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.ba.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emballée is recorded at frequency rank #35,013, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.ba.le\. 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 56316, this pair ranks #121,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of emballée vs emballer
Shared letters: abelm. Private to "emballée": é. Private to "emballer": r.
"emballée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "emballer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emballer ← ebmaller · emabller · embalelr · embaler · emballerr · emballre · embballer · emblaler
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emballée" and "emballer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emballée" or "emballer"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "emballée" / "emballer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "emballée" 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 #121,841 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emballée" and "emballer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émaillée vs emballée". 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 #121,841 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.