EmilvsémisTell them apart

Quick tell: Emil is a name, émis is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Emil” is a name and “émis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,947
“Emil” frequency rank
#6,454
“émis” frequency rank
38401
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Emil émis
Definition Prénom masculin. Participe passé masculin de émettre.

Letter map: Emil vs émis

Shared letters muted; letters that set Emil and émis apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Emil
4 ch
émis

Part-of-speech tell for Emil / émis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Emil is aname and émisaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Emil is recorded at frequency rank #31,947, classified as aname. émis is at rank #6,454, 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 38401, this pair ranks #255,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Emil vs émis

Shared letters: im. Private to "Emil": el. Private to "émis": .

"Emil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "émis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Emileiml · emill · emli · emmil

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Emil" and "émis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Emil" is a name and "émis" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Emil" vs "émis" - which ranks higher?
"émis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,454 in our French list, against #31,947 for "Emil". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Emil" vs "émis" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Emil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "émis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #255,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Emil" and "émis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Emil vs émit". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #255,508 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list