Which to use
“émise” and “émit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,787
- “émise” frequency rank
- #49,446
- “émit” frequency rank
- 66233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | émise | émit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de émettre. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de émettre. |
Where the eye mixes émise and émit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. émise (\e.miz\) and émit (\e.mi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66233, 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\. émit is at rank #49,446, 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 66233, this pair ranks #68,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of émise vs émit
Shared letters: imé. Private to "émise": es. Private to "émit": t.
"émise" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "émit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC