Which to use
“embêter” and “emmener” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,781
- “embêter” frequency rank
- #6,817
- “emmener” frequency rank
- 20598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | embêter | emmener |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Causer un tort ou du souci. | Mener du lieu où l’on est vers un autre lieu ; utilisé plutôt en parlant de personnes ou d’objets capables de se déplacer, comme par exemple des véhicules. |
Where the eye mixes embêter and emmener
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. embêter and emmener follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between embêter and emmener
A purely visual mix-up. embêter (\ɑ̃.be.te\) and emmener (\ɑ̃.mə.ne\) 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 20598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
embêter is recorded at frequency rank #13,781, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.be.te\. emmener is at rank #6,817, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.mə.ne\.
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 20598, this pair ranks #367,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of embêter vs emmener
Shared letters: emr. Private to "embêter": btê. Private to "emmener": n.
"embêter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "emmener" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- emmener ← ememner · emener · emmeenr · emmenerr · emmenner · emmenre · emmneer · memener
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "embêter" and "emmener" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "embêter" vs "emmener" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "embêter" and "emmener" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "embêter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emmener" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "embêter" and "emmener" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "embêter vs Exeter". 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 #367,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.