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“émir” and “exit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,214
“émir” frequency rank
#21,315
“exit” frequency rank
42529
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature émir exit
Definition Chef d’une tribu ou d’un territoire dans les pays musulmans. Sortie théâtrale.

Where the eye mixes émir and exit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

4 ch
émir
4 ch
exit

Visual trap between émir and exit

A purely visual mix-up. émir (\e.miʁ\) and exit (\ɛɡ.zit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

émir is recorded at frequency rank #21,214, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.miʁ\. exit is at rank #21,315, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zit\.

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 42529, this pair ranks #224,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of émir vs exit

Shared letters: i. Private to "émir": mré. Private to "exit": etx.

"émir" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exiteixt · exitt · exti · exxit · xeit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "émir" for "exit" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.miʁ\ versus \ɛɡ.zit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "émir" or "exit"?
"émir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,214 in our French list, against #21,315 for "exit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "émir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #224,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "émir" and "exit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edito vs exit". 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 #224,921 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