Which to use
“émergée” and “exercée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,875
- “émergée” frequency rank
- #16,127
- “exercée” frequency rank
- 65002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émergée | exercée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de émergé. | Féminin singulier de exercé. |
Where the eye mixes émergée and exercée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. émergée and exercée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between émergée and exercée
A purely visual mix-up. émergée (\e.mɛʁ.ʒe\) and exercée (\ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\) 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 65002, 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\. exercée is at rank #16,127, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zɛʁ.se\.
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 65002, this pair ranks #74,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émergée vs exercée
Shared letters: eré. Private to "émergée": gm. Private to "exercée": cx.
"émergée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "exercée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émergée" for "exercée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "émergée" or "exercée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "émergée" and "exercée" 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 "exercée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émergée" and "exercée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émergée vs émergente". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #74,340 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.