émeraude vs émeraudes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“émeraude” and “émeraudes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,427
“émeraude” frequency rank: #45,966
“émeraudes” frequency rank: 69393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	émeraude	émeraudes
Definition	Minéral du groupe des silicates, sous-groupe des cyclosilicates, variété de béryl, dont la couleur verte provient de traces de chrome, de vanadium et parfois de fer, et qui fait partie des pierres précieuses.	Pluriel de émeraude.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set émeraude and émeraudes apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

émeraude

9 ch

émeraudes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. émeraude and émeraudes are pronounced identically (\ɛm.ʁod\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “émeraude” sits inside “émeraudes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

émeraude is recorded at frequency rank #23,427, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛm.ʁod\. émeraudes is at rank #45,966, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛm.ʁod\.

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 69393, this pair ranks #55,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of émeraude vs émeraudes

Shared letters: ademrué. Private to "émeraude": -. Private to "émeraudes": s.

"émeraude" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV · "émeraudes" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC

Frequency comparison

émeraude#23,427

émeraudes#45,966

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "émeraude" and "émeraudes" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛm.ʁod\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "émeraude" or "émeraudes"?

"émeraude" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,427 in our French list, against #45,966 for "émeraudes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering émeraude vs émeraudes

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