émergéevsémergerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#48,875
“émergée” frequency rank
#14,393
“émerger” frequency rank
63268
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émergée émerger
Definition Féminin singulier de émergé. Passer d’un milieu inférieur à un milieu supérieur.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set émergée and émerger apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
émergée
7 ch
émerger

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: émergée and émerger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.mɛʁ.ʒe\. 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 63268, 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\. émerger is at rank #14,393, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.mɛʁ.ʒe\.

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 63268, this pair ranks #82,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of émergée vs émerger

Shared letters: egmré. Private to "émergée": -. Private to "émerger": -.

"émergée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV  ·  "émerger" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Frequency comparison

émergée#48,875
émerger#14,393

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "émergée" and "émerger" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "émergée" is an adjective and "émerger" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "émergée" or "émerger"?
"émerger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,393 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.

Remembering émergée vs émerger

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “émergée”; for a verb, it's “émerger”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “émergée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list