émergéevsémergenceConfusable pair

Quick tell: émergée is a adjective, émergence is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“émergée” is an adjective and “émergence” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,875
“émergée” frequency rank
#7,643
“émergence” frequency rank
56518
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émergée émergence
Definition Féminin singulier de émergé. Le fait d’être émergent.

Where the eye mixes émergée and émergence

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. émergée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against émergence's 9 (VCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
émergée
9 ch
émergence

Visual trap between émergée and émergence

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émergée is \e.mɛʁ.ʒe\ while émergence is \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

émergée is recorded at frequency rank #48,875, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.mɛʁ.ʒe\. émergence is at rank #7,643, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\.

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 56518, this pair ranks #120,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of émergée vs émergence

Shared letters: egmré. Private to "émergée": -. Private to "émergence": cn.

"émergée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV  ·  "émergence" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "émergée" for "émergence" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "émergée" is an adjective and "émergence" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "émergée" vs "émergence" - which ranks higher?
"émergence" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,643 in our French list, against #48,875 for "émergée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "émergée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "émergence" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #120,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "émergée" and "émergence" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émergée vs émergente". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #120,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list