Which to use
“émergence” is a noun and “émergentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,643
- “émergence” frequency rank
- #32,249
- “émergentes” frequency rank
- 39892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émergence | émergentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le fait d’être émergent. | Féminin pluriel d’émergent. |
Where the eye mixes émergence and émergentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. émergence runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCCV) against émergentes's 10 (VCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: émergence vs émergentes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émergence is \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\ while émergentes is \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émergence is recorded at frequency rank #7,643, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\. émergentes is at rank #32,249, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t\.
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 39892, this pair ranks #244,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of émergence vs émergentes
Shared letters: egmnré. Private to "émergence": c. Private to "émergentes": st.
"émergence" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV · "émergentes" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émergence" for "émergentes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "émergence" or "émergentes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "émergence" and "émergentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "émergence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émergentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émergence" and "émergentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émergente vs émergentes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #244,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.