Which to use
“émeute” and “émeutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,505
- “émeute” frequency rank
- #10,106
- “émeutes” frequency rank
- 22611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émeute | émeutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tumulte séditieux, soulèvement dans la foule. | Pluriel de émeute. |
Same sound, different letters: émeute vs émeutes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. émeute runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against émeutes's 7 (VCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - émeute / émeutes
This is the hard kind. émeute and émeutes are pronounced identically (\e.møt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “émeute” sits inside “émeutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émeute is recorded at frequency rank #12,505, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.møt\. émeutes is at rank #10,106, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.møt\.
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 22611, this pair ranks #357,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of émeute vs émeutes
Shared letters: emtué. Private to "émeute": -. Private to "émeutes": s.
"émeute" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "émeutes" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "émeute" and "émeutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "émeute" or "émeutes"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "émeute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émeutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,062 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émeute" and "émeutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émeutes vs émeutiers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #357,062 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.