Which to use
“émigrés” is an adjective and “érigés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,213
- “émigrés” frequency rank
- #37,135
- “érigés” frequency rank
- 58348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émigrés | érigés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de émigré. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de ériger. |
Where the eye mixes émigrés and érigés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. émigrés runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against érigés's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: émigrés vs érigés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: émigrés is \e.mi.ɡʁe\ while érigés is \e.ʁi.ʒe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émigrés is recorded at frequency rank #21,213, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.mi.ɡʁe\. érigés is at rank #37,135, 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 58348, this pair ranks #109,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émigrés vs érigés
Shared letters: girsé. Private to "émigrés": m. Private to "érigés": -.
"émigrés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "érigés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "émigrés" and "érigés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "émigrés" vs "érigés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "émigrés" and "érigés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "émigrés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "érigés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "émigrés" and "érigés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigés vs exigez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #109,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.