Which to use
“émigré” is an adjective and “érigée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,212
- “émigré” frequency rank
- #20,899
- “érigée” frequency rank
- 42111
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émigré | érigée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a quitté son pays. | Participe passé féminin singulier de ériger. |
Where the eye mixes émigré and érigée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. émigré (VCVCCV) and érigée (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: émigré vs érigée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émigré is \e.mi.ɡʁe\ while érigée is \e.ʁi.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émigré is recorded at frequency rank #21,212, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.mi.ɡʁe\. érigée is at rank #20,899, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.ʁi.ʒe\.
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 42111, this pair ranks #228,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of émigré vs érigée
Shared letters: giré. Private to "émigré": m. Private to "érigée": e.
"émigré" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "érigée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "émigré" for "érigée" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "émigré" and "érigée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "émigré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "érigée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émigré" and "érigée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigée vs exigez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #228,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.