Which to use
“emi” and “émit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,474
- “emi” frequency rank
- #49,446
- “émit” frequency rank
- 80920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emi | émit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avoir envie (de). | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de émettre. |
Same sound, different letters: emi vs émit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters. emi runs 3 letters (VCV) against émit's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - emi and émit
This is the hard kind. emi and émit are pronounced identically (\ˈe.mi\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emi is recorded at frequency rank #31,474, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈe.mi\. émit is at rank #49,446, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.mi\.
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 80920, this pair ranks #19,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of emi vs émit
Shared letters: im. Private to "emi": e. Private to "émit": té.
"emi" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "émit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emi" for "émit" ever safe?
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After this comparison
"emi" and "émit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "emi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,856 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emi" and "émit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edito vs émit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #19,856 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.