Which to use
“émigrer” is a verb and “émigrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,028
- “émigrer” frequency rank
- #21,213
- “émigrés” frequency rank
- 49241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émigrer | émigrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quitter son pays pour aller s’établir dans un autre. | Masculin pluriel de émigré. |
Same sound, different letters: émigrer vs émigrés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. émigrer and émigrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - émigrer / émigrés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: émigrer and émigrés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.mi.ɡʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émigrer is recorded at frequency rank #28,028, classified as averb, pronounced \e.mi.ɡʁe\. émigrés is at rank #21,213, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.mi.ɡʁe\.
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 49241, this pair ranks #172,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of émigrer vs émigrés
Shared letters: gimré. Private to "émigrer": e. Private to "émigrés": s.
"émigrer" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "émigrés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "émigrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "émigrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,246 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émigrer" and "émigrés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émigrés vs érigées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #172,246 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.