émergéevsénervéeWhich spelling fits?

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

#48,875
“émergée” frequency rank
#17,853
“énervée” frequency rank
66728
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émergée énervée
Definition Féminin singulier de émergé. Féminin singulier de énervé.

Where the eye mixes émergée and énervée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. émergée and énervée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
émergée
7 ch
énervée

Look-alike desk: émergée vs énervée

A purely visual mix-up. émergée (\e.mɛʁ.ʒe\) and énervée (\e.nɛʁ.ve\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66728, 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\. énervée is at rank #17,853, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.nɛʁ.ve\.

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 66728, this pair ranks #66,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of émergée vs énervée

Shared letters: eré. Private to "émergée": gm. Private to "énervée": nv.

"émergée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV  ·  "énervée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "émergée" and "énervée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\e.mɛʁ.ʒe\ versus \e.nɛʁ.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "émergée" vs "énervée" - which ranks higher?
"énervée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,853 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

Eye-level mix-up between "émergée" and "énervée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "émergée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "énervée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "émergée" and "énervée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émergée vs émergente". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #66,526 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