Which to use
“émergente” is a noun and “émergentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,608
- “émergente” frequency rank
- #32,249
- “émergentes” frequency rank
- 71857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émergente | émergentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouche qui flotte soit sur, soit dans, la pellicule de l’eau. | Féminin pluriel d’émergent. |
Same sound, different letters: émergente vs émergentes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - émergente / émergentes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: émergente and émergentes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “émergente” sits inside “émergentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émergente is recorded at frequency rank #39,608, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.mɛʁ.ʒɑ̃t\. 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 71857, this pair ranks #46,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émergente vs émergentes
Shared letters: egmnrté. Private to "émergente": -. Private to "émergentes": s.
"émergente" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV · "émergentes" · 10 letters · shape VCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "émergente" / "émergentes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "émergente" 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 #46,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émergente" and "émergentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émergée vs émergente". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,027 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.