Which to use
“émise” and “émises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,787
- “émise” frequency rank
- #14,829
- “émises” frequency rank
- 31616
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émise | émises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de émettre. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de émettre. |
Same sound, different letters: émise vs émises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. émise and émises are pronounced identically (\e.miz\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “émise” sits inside “émises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31616, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
émise is recorded at frequency rank #16,787, classified as averb, pronounced \e.miz\. émises is at rank #14,829, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.miz\.
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 31616, this pair ranks #302,691 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of émise vs émises
Shared letters: eimsé. Private to "émise": -. Private to "émises": -.
"émise" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "émises" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC